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Automatic animal feeding system for food pod authentication
Patent No. 12310338

Inventor(s): Jeffrey Pon (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): PAWS FORWARD INC. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Shook, Hardy Bacon L.L.P. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18464984 on 09/11/2023 (624 days app to issue)

Abstract: An automatic animal feeding system is provided. Embodiments of the automatic animal feeding system include an automatic food dispenser and a food canister storing food pods. The automatic food dispenser couples to the food canister, receives a food pod form the food canister, removes a cover or lid from the food pod, presents the opened food pod for pet consumption, disposes of the food pod into a disposal compartment that is sealed off from the ambient air, and implements other steps of an automatic feeding process. Aspects of the automatic feeding process can be efficiently implemented, for example, by actuating two motors based on data received from sensors of the automatic animal feeding system. Accordingly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a compact, control-efficient, self-cleaning automatic animal feeding system that can continuously personalize feeding patterns or feed a pet with little to no human intervention over a period of time.

[A01K] ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS

Spring cage spinal fixation systems
Patent No. 12310632

Inventor(s): Nathan Nelson (South Jordan, UT)
Assignee(s): CTL Medical Corporation (Addison, TX)
Law Firm: BRAINSPARK ASSOCIATES, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18208691 on 06/12/2023 (715 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for facilitating assembly and use of spinal fixation apparatus, including a helical cage structure for selective engaging and/or securing an engagement member or surgical screw in a spinal fixation system.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Implant of osteostimulative material
Patent No. 12310642

Inventor(s): Brandon Roller (Colleyville, TX), Drew Diaz (Colleyville, TX), Frankie Morris (Colleyville, TX)
Assignee(s): Bone Solutions, Inc. (Colleyville, TX)
Law Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18745396 on 06/17/2024 (344 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a bone-implantable device and methods of use. The bone-implantable device comprises a body having an exterior surface, wherein a portion of the exterior surface includes a cured osteostimulative material comprising MgO.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Navigation at ultra low to high frequencies
Patent No. 12310676

Inventor(s): Andrew J. Wald (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Medtronic Navigation, Inc. (Louisville, CO)
Law Firm: Sheridan Ross P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992604 on 11/22/2022 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method include transmitting a signal according to a set of frequencies. A frequency range associated with the set of frequencies is from about 300 Hz to about 30 MHz. The system and method include sensing an electromagnetic field based on transmitting the signal according to the set of frequencies and determining a distortion in association with sensing the electromagnetic field. The system and method include identifying frequencies at which the magnitude of the distortion is less than the threshold value. The system and method include transmitting the signal according to one or more of the identified frequencies and providing navigation information associated with an environment in response to transmitting the signal.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Vascular assessment using statistical analysis of rapid blood pressure readings
Patent No. 12310703

Inventor(s): Phillip D. Purdy (Maypearl, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18679234 on 05/30/2024 (362 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for measuring blood pressure that allows for both coupling of fiber optic pressure sensors with a standard patient care monitor (PCM) and vascular assessment using statistical analysis of pressure wave data. The disclosure has a blood pressure monitor (BPM) system that calibrates and compensates blood pressure data for display on a standard PCM using analog-to-digital-to-analog conversion and Wheatstone Bridge emulation. The BPM can also analyze collected pressure wave data using various statistical methods. Using fast Fourier transform (FFT), pressure wave data can be used in vascular assessments to image or otherwise graphically display key vessel attributes. This permits localized intervention and detection of physiologic attributes of vessels prior to the grossly evident anatomical interruption.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Blood pressure monitoring with zero function system and method
Patent No. 12310704

Inventor(s): Phillip D. Purdy (Maypearl, TX)
Assignee(s): Endophys Holdings, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Carstens, Allen Gourley, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18202388 on 05/26/2023 (732 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the blood pressure of a patient that allows for a device sensor to be recalibrated according to atmospheric pressure without removing the device sensor from inside the patient. This permits quickly monitoring the blood pressure of a patient if a re-zero is needed. The invention has a blood pressure monitor (BPM) that obtains an atmospheric pressure observation. The atmospheric pressure observation is adjusted and stored to memory as a zero value. The zero value is retrieved to recalibrate the system and method if a device sensor has been disconnected from and reconnected to the same or a different BPM, the patient has been moved such that the surroundings have been altered to make it necessary to recalibrate according to atmospheric pressure, and/or the device sensor has been connected to a different patient care monitor.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Diagnostic lab-on-a-chip device
Patent No. 12310732

Inventor(s): Celestin B. Bitjonck (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18670403 on 05/21/2024 (371 days app to issue)

Abstract: A diagnostic hub located in a toilet receives a wireless signal from a mobile device of a user and determines that the user is proximate to the toilet based on the wireless signal. An identification of the user is determined based on the wireless signal. A geolocation of the diagnostic hub is determined. Sensor data generated by biometric sensors and environmental sensors is received. The diagnostic intakes a mixture of water and urine from the toilet into an intake chamber of the diagnostic hub through an inlet line or one or more openings in a housing of the diagnostic hub. A lab-on-a-chip of the diagnostic hub executes a biochemical assay on a fluid volume of the mixture using a reagent. Substance levels present in the urine are determined based on the biochemical assay. Results based on the substance levels are determined, indicating a diagnosis of one or more diseases.

[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01N 33/48)

Systems and processes for inserting an intraocular lens
Patent No. 12310842

Inventor(s): Yinghui Wu (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): ALCON INC. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18390201 on 12/20/2023 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: Various systems and techniques for inserting an intraocular lens are disclosed. In particular implementations, a system and a technique for inserting an intraocular lens may include the ability to move, in response to a force being applied in a first direction along a longitudinal axis, a first plunger tip along the longitudinal axis and into a delivery cartridge to fold an intraocular lens and move in a second direction along the longitudinal axis in response to the applied force being reduced. The system and the technique may also include the ability to engage a second plunger tip and move, in response to a force being applied in the first direction along the longitudinal axis, the second plunger tip along the longitudinal axis and into the delivery cartridge to insert the intraocular lens.

[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) [2006.01]

Ophthalmic devices, systems and methods for treating dry eye
Patent No. 12310886

Inventor(s): Dimitri Azar (South San Francisco, CA), Fred Shungneng Lee (South San Francisco, CA)
Assignee(s): Verily Life Sciences LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17391835 on 08/02/2021 (1394 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some aspects, an electronic contact lens for treating dry eye is presented. According to some aspects, the electronic contact lens includes a concave surface configured to conform to an eye of a patient, a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of an eyelid movement, and at least one capacitor configured to store energy used for stimulating the eye. The electronic contact lens may further include at least two electrodes coupled to the at least one capacitor, wherein the at least two electrodes are exposed to the concave surface and configured to deliver power from the at least one capacitor to stimulate the eye. The electronic contact lens further includes a processor coupled to the sensor and electrodes. The processor may be configured to compute a blink rate from the sensor output, and, based on the blink rate, activate the at least two electrodes to stimulate the eye.

Antithrombotic compositions and methods for using same
Patent No. 12310969

Inventor(s): Pudur Jagadeeswaran (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Greer, Burns Crain, Ltd. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17866437 on 07/15/2022 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: In alternative embodiments, provided are compositions, including products of manufacture and kits, and methods, for preventing thrombotic episodes such as venous thrombosis in patients at risk, which include estrogen-treated individuals and patients with breast cancer and lung cancer, or any individual having reduced levels of TFPI protein.

[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J 3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)

Antibody-sting agonist conjugates and their use in immunotherapy
Patent No. 12311030

Inventor(s): Chuo Chen (Dallas, TX), Heping Shi (Coppell, TX), Jian Qiu (Dallas, TX), Lijun Sun (Dallas, TX), Qi Wei (Dallas, TX), Youtong Wu (Dallas, TX), Zhijian Chen (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): ImmuneSensor Therapeutics, Inc. (Dallas, TX), The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Goodwin Procter LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17553624 on 12/16/2021 (1258 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to, among other things, antibody-drug conjugates comprising a STING agonist cyclic di-nucleotide conjugated to an antibody, preparation methods therefor, and uses therefor.

[A61P] SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS [7]

Feedback enabled synthetic genes, target seed match cassettes, and their uses
Patent No. 12311034

Inventor(s): Steven James Gray (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17271432 on 08/29/2019 (2098 days app to issue)

Abstract: This invention relates to feedback-enabled synthetic genes, polynucleotide target cassettes, vectors, and pharmaceutical compositions for the purpose of providing transgene expression in target tissues that is capable of endogenous regulation for treating disorders such as dose-sensitive intellectual ability disorders, as well as methods of making and methods of using the same.

Devices and methods for neuromodulation
Patent No. 12311164

Inventor(s): Aswini Kanneganti (Richardson, TX), Mario I. Romero-Ortega (Coppell, TX), Stuart F. Cogan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, TX), National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City, , MX)
Law Firm: Nutter McClennen Fish LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16414169 on 05/16/2019 (2203 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one aspect, a neuromodulation device is described herein. In some embodiments, a neuromodulation device comprises a chamber operable to receive a nerve, at least one electrode disposed in the chamber, and a channel defined by two walls. In some embodiments, the channel of the device is in fluid communication with an interior of the chamber and an external surface of the device. In another aspect, methods of neuromodulation are described herein. In some embodiments, methods described herein can use one or more neuromodulation devices described herein.

[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B 18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infra-red radiators for heating H05B) [6]

Systems and methods for burst waveforms with anodic-leading pulses
Patent No. 12311181

Inventor(s): Erika Ross (Dallas, TX), Filippo Agnesi (Plano, TX), Hyun-Joo Park (Frisco, TX), Simeng Zhang (Frisco, TX), Yagna Pathak (Skokie, IL)
Assignee(s): Advanced Neuromodulation Systems, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (7 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18609736 on 03/19/2024 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating burst waveforms. An implantable neurostimulation system includes an implantable stimulation lead including a plurality of contacts, and an implantable pulse generator communicatively coupled to the stimulation lead. The pulse generator is configured to generate a waveform including a burst that includes a leading anodic pulse followed by alternating cathodic pulses and anodic pulses, each cathodic pulse in the burst having a greater amplitude than the previous cathodic pulse.

Implantable pulse generator for providing a neurostimulation therapy using complex impedance measurements and methods of operation
Patent No. 12311185

Inventor(s): Daran DeShazo (Lewisville, TX), Steven Boor (Plano, TX), Vidhi Desai (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: The Small Patent Law Group, LLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17447272 on 09/09/2021 (1356 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an implantable medical device comprising therapeutic stimulation circuitry for controlling delivery of a medical therapy to a patient, the therapeutic stimulation circuitry having at least one lead having electrodes for delivering the medical therapy, The implantable medical device further comprises measurement circuitry for determining characteristics of the at least one lead, a processor for controlling the IMD according to executable code, and memory for storing data and executable code, wherein the executable code comprises instructions for causing the processor to receive a plurality of voltage measurements associated with the electrodes, and calculate values for an impedance model of the electrode/tissue interface.

Monitor unit optimization constraint in radiation treatment planning
Patent No. 12311196

Inventor(s): Michael Folkerts (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG (Steinhausen, , CH)
Law Firm: Harness, Dickey Pierce, P.L.C. (8 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17707805 on 03/29/2022 (1155 days app to issue)

Abstract: For planning radiation treatment, candidate radiation treatment plans are evaluated and optimized using an objective function that includes a combination of a first objective function and a second objective function. The first objective function is configured for determining a value of a dose metric. The second objective function is configured for determining a value of a term that is added to the value of the dose metric to account for spots or beam lets that have a weight that is greater than zero and less than a minimum threshold value. The value of the term is added to the value of the dose metric. In effect, spots or beam lets with a weight that is not zero and that is also less than a minimum threshold value are penalized during treatment planning.

Multipurpose exercise bench
Patent No. 12311222

Inventor(s): Jeremy Gines (Pensacola, FL), Peter Neuhaus (Pensacola Beach, FL), Tyson Cobb (Pensacola, FL)
Assignee(s): OxeFit, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17964145 on 10/12/2022 (958 days app to issue)

Abstract: An exercise bench includes a base, a slidable seat coupled to and slidable along the base, and a removable pad positionable on frame. When the removable pad is positioned on the frame, the removable pad prevents movement of the slidable seat along the base and provides a static bench surface configured to support a user during a strength training exercise.

[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

Compositions and methods for targeting activin signaling to treat cancer
Patent No. 12312398

Inventor(s): Duojia Pan (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Law Firm: Fox Rothschild LLP (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17561496 on 12/23/2021 (1251 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating cancer by targeting the Activin signaling pathway. In certain embodiments, combining Activin blockade with immunomodulation alters regulatory T (Treg) cell-mediated immune regulation and treats cancer.

O P E R A T I O N S & T R A N S P O R T

Hydraulically operated electrochemical machining assemblies
Patent No. 12311459

Inventor(s): Kevin Joseph Monahan (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Lawrence Youst PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17691106 on 03/09/2022 (1175 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electrochemical machining assembly for boring a passage in an electrically conductive workpiece. The electrochemical machining assembly includes an electrochemical machining tool having a telescoping collar with an articulating head coupled thereto. The telescoping collar is hydraulically actuatable between a contracted configuration and an extended configuration responsive to fluid pressure provided by an electrolyte fluid circulated by the electrochemical machining assembly to advance the telescoping collar stepwise in the passage. The articulating head is tiltable relative to the telescoping collar to determine a direction of the passage. The electrochemical machining assembly is configured to remove material from the workpiece upon application of a voltage between the articulating head and the workpiece via the electrolyte fluid to lengthen the passage.

[B23H] WORKING OF METAL BY THE ACTION OF A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ON A WORKPIECE USING AN ELECTRODE WHICH TAKES THE PLACE OF A TOOL; SUCH WORKING COMBINED WITH OTHER FORMS OF WORKING OF METAL (processes for the electrolytic or electrophoretic production of coatings, electroforming, or apparatus therefor C25D; processes for the electrolytic removal of material from objects C25F; manufacturing printed circuits using precipitation techniques to apply the conductive material to form the desired conductive pattern H05K 3/18) [4]

Apparatus for making a masonry block with a roughened surface
Patent No. 12311575

Inventor(s): William H. Karau (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): PAVESTONE, LLC (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Jackson Walker LLP (Local + 3 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16538466 on 08/12/2019 (2115 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a substantially smooth internal mold surface forming a cavity and one or more roughened sections of the substantially smooth internal mold surface having a plurality of irregular grooves, wherein each roughened section is inclined with a wider base and a narrower top.

[B28B] SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS, SLAG OR MIXTURES CONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER (foundry moulding B22C; working stone or stone-like material B28D; shaping of substances in a plastic state, in general B29C; making layered products not composed wholly of these substances B32B; shaping in situ, see the relevant classes of section E)

Child safety seat
Patent No. 12311809

Inventor(s): Christopher Edward Gay (Dallas, TX), Christopher William Wischkowsky (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Kioma, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18138509 on 04/24/2023 (764 days app to issue)

Abstract: A child car seat mounting system for mounting a child car seat in a car seat is disclosed having a base unit disposed on the car seat that includes mounting brackets secured to the base unit. The mounting brackets each having a planar configuration perpendicular to the base unit with an upper edge extending from the first surface to the second surface at an obtuse angle and parallel to each other and separated by a separation distance. Mounting slots are provided to receive a mounting member disposed on the underside of the child car seat. Locking levers operate in a release configuration for releasing the mounting member to allow the mounting member to be moved upwards from the mounting slots. A release device configures the locking levers in a release configuration to release the locking lever when it is desired to move the mounting member upwards from the mounting slot.

[B60N] VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)

Correcting a mismatched user profile for vehicle settings
Patent No. 12311855

Inventor(s): Anil Nagpal (Plano, TX), Masanori Kushibe (Toyota, , JP), Nitesh Kumar (Plano, TX), Tomonari Yamaguchi (Toyota, , JP), Yuho Kozu (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota, , JP), Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161750 on 01/29/2021 (1579 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle system for a vehicle includes a controller configured to: identify a user profile to be loaded based on communication with a user device; receive user preference packets containing a user ID from the user device; determine whether the user ID of the user preference packets matches with a user ID of the user profile to be loaded; and discard the user preference packets in response to determining that the user ID of the user preference packets does not match with the user ID of the user profile to be loaded.

[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A62C 3/07)

Distracted driving detection and mitigation
Patent No. 12311955

Inventor(s): Subhalakshmi Selvam (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18485633 on 10/12/2023 (593 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to detecting distracted driving on a mobile device and mitigating distracted driving by determining whether a mobile device is used by a driver of a vehicle or by a passenger of the vehicle. The system can determine that the mobile device is in a vehicle and modify the functionality of the mobile device to transition the mobile device into an automobile mode. Vehicle data and/or mobile device data can be used to determine a number of individuals in the vehicle. An identity of the operator of the mobile device can be authenticated based on authentication information obtained by the mobile device. Based on the authenticated identity of the operator of the mobile device, a driving score associated with the driver can be modified, where the score indicates a number of instances of distracted driving by the driver.

[B60W] CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [2006.01]

Vehicles, systems, and methods for selecting a recommended vehicle driving mode
Patent No. 12311965

Inventor(s): Clinton J. Williams (Saline, MI), John Charles Rafferty (Dexter, MI), Lou M. Pope (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17520313 on 11/05/2021 (1299 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a steering wheel, one or more vehicle drive systems, one or more driving mode paddler shifters coupled to the steering wheel, an output device, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is communicatively coupled to the one or more driving mode paddle shifters, the one or more vehicle drive systems, and the output device. The electronic control unit is configured to receive a drive mode shifting signal from the one or more driving mode paddle shifter indicative of a desire to change a driving mode of the vehicle, change one or more parameters of the one or more vehicle drive systems in order to change the driving mode in response to the driving mode shifting signal, and provide a notification related to the change in the driving mode with the output device.

Systems and methods for displaying trajectories for autonomous vehicles
Patent No. 12311982

Inventor(s): John C. Rafferty (Dexter, MI), Mikio David (Ypsilanti, MI)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17339458 on 06/04/2021 (1453 days app to issue)

Abstract: A vehicle includes a computing device configured to detect an object in an external environment via an external sensor. The computing device determines a trajectory for navigation relative the object based on a trust zone. The trust zone is selected based on a trust parameter. The computing device instructs a display device to render a representation of the object and the trajectory relative the object, and determines whether to modify the trust parameter based on feedback data received in response to navigation.

Tank car recovery system and method of use
Patent No. 12311985

Inventor(s): John Franklin Given, II (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): Hulcher Services Inc. (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Leavitt Eldredge Law Firm (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17687214 on 03/04/2022 (1180 days app to issue)

Abstract: A tank car recovery system utilizes a lifting bar that attaches at two points to the tank car by lifting points. The lifting bar is raised by hoists attached at either side. Rigging is connected to the hoists and the lifting bar. Rigging is also used to attach the lifting bar to the tank car. The hoists are operated separately to adjust the position or rate of movement of each side of the tank car.

[B61K] OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAYS (energy-storing brakes B61H; protection of permanent way against weather influences E01B; rail cleaning, snow ploughs E01H)

System and method for railroad snapshot and playback
Patent No. 12311987

Inventor(s): John Valentino (Hurst, TX), Len Gagne (Haslet, TX)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16867467 on 05/05/2020 (1848 days app to issue)

Abstract: A Railroad Snapshot and Playback System and Method is disclosed that can provide a messaging/communication infrastructure configured to generate and route current train related messages for multi-region train routing plans. The types of railroad data being tracked can be organized into one or more domains. A method for railroad snapshot playback can include receiving a plurality of events related to train movements in the rail system; creating a first snapshot that can include the plurality of the events, wherein a number of events in the first snapshot can be based on a snapshot increment; receiving a playback request for a playback state of the rail system; pulling a snapshot and events received after the snapshot based on the playback request; building a state of the rail system using the pulled snapshot and the pulled events; operating controls of the rail system based on the state of the rail system.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

System and method for virtual approach signal restriction upgrade
Patent No. 12311988

Inventor(s): Michael E. Ramolt (Shawnee, KS), Mitchell W. Beard (Shawnee, KS), Scott D. Sapp (Smithville, MO)
Assignee(s): BNSF Railway Company (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Whitaker Chalk Swindle Schwartz PLLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18514830 on 11/20/2023 (554 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for providing a virtual approach signal restriction upgrade between physical signaling components is presented. In one embodiment, in a CTC type of operation, the use of a virtual signal with signal type functionality to split a block into two or more sections can allow a train currently governed by an approach indication to accelerate on a clear indication if the advance signal indication upgrades. The addition of audio frequency type circuits with the advance signal indication can allow a train to upgrade from a restricting indication to an approach or clear indication, while protecting open HT switches, broken rail, hazards, and follow up moves. The present invention provides a system for allowing trains to upgrade from a ‘’restricting’’ indication to an ‘’approach’’ or ‘’clear and accelerate’’ indication with an upgraded PTC track line for the segment.

[B61L] GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC; ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC (brakes or auxiliary equipment B61H, B61K; point or crossing construction E01B)

Shaped aircraft fuel cells, systems and methods for enhanced crashworthiness
Patent No. 12312064

Inventor(s): Joshua Robert O’’Neil (Bedford, TX), Timothy Brian Carr (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Fogarty LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17484852 on 09/24/2021 (1341 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft, such as a rotorcraft, may have at least one area designated to house at least one fuel cell and at least one aircraft structure that may translate, during a drop impact of the aircraft, into the area designated to house the fuel cell. At least one shaped fuel cell may be provided and deployed therein, in accordance with the present systems and methods. Each respective shaped fuel cell may define at least one respective through-voids defined through the respective shaped fuel cell, and/or at least one respective edge cavity defined along an edge of the shaped fuel cell, wherein the respective through-void and/or the respective edge cavity correspond to the respective aircraft structure that may translate, during the drop impact of the aircraft, into the area of the aircraft designated to house the respective fuel cell to receive and accommodate the respective structure during the drop impact.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Hydraulic energy retention
Patent No. 12312070

Inventor(s): John Robert Wittmaak, Jr. (Newark, TX), Joseph Lee Spaeth (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18334846 on 06/14/2023 (713 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hydraulic energy retention system includes a body with a piston separating a hydraulic fluid from a pressurized gas, a discharge port in fluid communication with the hydraulic fluid, and a stop operable to an engaged position to block movement of the piston past the stop and toward the discharge port. The hydraulic energy retention system may be implemented with a hydraulic fluid reservoir, such as a bootstrap reservoir.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Distributed propulsion system for vertical take off and landing closed wing aircraft
Patent No. 12312078

Inventor(s): Andrew James Zahasky (North Richland Hills, TX), Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), Rohn Lee Olson (Hurst, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18663184 on 05/14/2024 (378 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft comprises a fuselage, first and second wing segments each having a leading edge and a trailing edge, a plurality of spokes coupling the fuselage to the first and second wing segments, one or more motors disposed within or attached to the plurality of spokes, and three or more propellers proximate to a leading edge of the plurality of spokes, distributed along the plurality of spokes, and operably connected to the motors to provide lift whenever the aircraft is in vertical takeoff and landing and stationary flight and provide thrust whenever the aircraft is in forward flight. When the aircraft is in vertical takeoff and landing and stationary flight, the fuselage is approximately vertical. When the aircraft is in forward flight, the fuselage is approximately in the direction of the forward flight and extends forward beyond the leading edges of the first wing segment and the second wing segment.

[B64C] AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

Method and system for controlling rotor speeds of rotor systems
Patent No. 12312093

Inventor(s): Brad John Roberts (Fort Worth, TX), Jonathan A. Wasylyszyn (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations, Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Chalker Flores, LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17333745 on 05/28/2021 (1460 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system to control a rotor system includes automatically changing a rotor speed of the rotor system of the tiltrotor aircraft while moving the rotor system from a first position and a first rotor speed to a second position and a second rotor speed over a time period in accordance with an acceleration-rate profile that varies over the time period using a controller communicably coupled to the rotor system of the tiltrotor aircraft.

[B64D] EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

UV curable dielectric materials for 3D printing and 3D printing systems with the same
Patent No. 12317427

Inventor(s): Ercan Mehmet Dede (Ann Arbor, MI), Feng Zhou (Ann Arbor, MI), Tianzhu Fan (Houston, TX)
Assignee(s): Toyota Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Darrow Mustafa PC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18162003 on 01/31/2023 (847 days app to issue)

Abstract: A 3D printing system includes a reservoir for a UV-curable dielectric material in communication with a first nozzle configured to print the UV-curable dielectric material onto a substrate and a reservoir for a low CTE filler in communication with a second nozzle configured to print the low CTE filler onto the substrate, and a reservoir for a conductive ink in communication with a third nozzle configured to print the conductive ink onto the substrate. The 3D printing system prints the UV-curable dielectric material and the low CTE filler such that the printed low CTE filler mixes with the printed UV-curable dielectric material and forms a UV-curable dielectric layer with the low CTE filler dispersed therein.

[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B 11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B 37/00-B32B 41/00) [4]

C H E M I S T R Y & M E T A L L U R G Y

Systems and methods for purifying solvents
Patent No. 12312299

Inventor(s): David Bollinger (Grapevine, TX), Eduardo Ramirez Romero (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Fujifilm Electronic Materials U.S.A., Inc. (N. Kingstown, RI)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17213325 on 03/26/2021 (1523 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems of purifying solvents. The purified solvents can be used for cleaning a semiconductor substrate in a multistep semiconductor manufacturing process.

[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of organic compounds by electrolysis or electrophoresis C25B 3/00, C25B 7/00)

Wet-based catalytic system for CO2 capture, sequestration, and transportation
Patent No. 12312700

Inventor(s): Terence Collier (Rowlett, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903631 on 09/06/2022 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: A catalytic system for CO[subscript]2 [/subscript]capture and sequestration. The system includes a reduction cell for separating a liquid or vapor carrier medium having an anode generating oxygen, a CO[subscript]2 [/subscript]cathode, and a CO precursor generating hydrogen, oxides of carbon or a hydrocarbon precursor from the carrier medium. In addition, the system includes a power supply for providing electrical power to the anode and the cathode. An electrolysis process occurs where oxygen, hydrogen, and the hydrocarbon precursors are produced. The anode and the cathode include a plurality of geometrical constructs to increase an active surface area of a catalytic surface of the anode and cathode to increase an efficiency of the electrolysis process.

[C25B] ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COMPOUNDS OR NON- METALS; APPARATUS THEREFOR (anodic or cathodic protection C23F 13/00; single-crystal growth C30B) [2]

Neutral pH copper plating solution for undercut reduction
Patent No. 12312703

Inventor(s): Nazila Dadvand (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18654247 on 05/03/2024 (389 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device is formed by forming a seed layer that contains primarily zinc. A plating mask is formed over the seed layer, and a copper strike layer is formed on the seed layer using a neutral pH copper plating bath. A main copper layer is formed on the copper strike layer by plating copper on the copper strike layer. The plating mask is subsequently removed. The main copper layer, the copper strike layer, and the seed layer are heated to diffuse copper and zinc, and form a brass layer under the main copper layer, consuming the seed layer between the main copper layer and the substrate. Remaining portions of the seed layer are removed by a wet etch process. The main copper layer and the underlying brass layer provide a conductor structure.

[C25D] PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING (manufacturing printed circuits by metal deposition H05K 3/18); JOINING WORKPIECES BY ELECTROLYSIS; APPARATUS THEREFOR (anodic or cathodic protection C23F 13/00; single-crystal growth C30B) [6]

Coatings that reduce friction and wear
Patent No. 12312706

Inventor(s): Asghar Shirani (Denton, TX), Diana Berman (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
Law Firm: Thomas | Horstemeyer LLP. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18545198 on 12/19/2023 (525 days app to issue)

Abstract: The present disclosure provide for coatings, coated structures, methods of coating, methods of coating a structure, and the like. In an aspect, the coating is a tribocatalytically-active coating, where the tribocatalytically-active coating interacts with the hydrocarbon environment forming a protective carbon-based tribofilm on the surface of the coating, which can be actively formed (reformed) during use of the coated structure within the hydrocarbon environment.

T E X T I L E S& P A P E R

Collapsible stand assembly for drying and storage
Patent No. 12312733

Inventor(s): Jerremy Samuel Hiatt (Sachse, TX)
Assignee(s): The Drying Tree, LLC (Sachse, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18660099 on 05/09/2024 (383 days app to issue)

Abstract: A collapsible stand assembly for drying and storage includes an upper assembly and a lower assembly. The upper assembly is configured to be stacked above the lower assembly. A plurality of first arms extend outward from an upper frame of the upper assembly, and a plurality of second arms extend outward from a lower frame of the lower assembly. A plurality of legs extend outward from the lower frame of the lower assembly. The first and second arms and the legs are collapsible into a compact configuration.

[D06F] LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES (apparatus for blocking, pressing, steaming, or stretching hats A42C; treating textile materials by liquids, gases or vapors D06B; chemical matters, see D06L, D06M)

F I X E D C O N S T R U C T I O N S

Systems and methods for automating the application of friction-modifying coatings
Patent No. 12312753

Inventor(s): Jack D. Stone, Jr. (Dallas, TX), Jeff Rainwater (Midlothian, TX), Keith Rainwater (Cedar Hill, TX)
Assignee(s): The Truesdell Corporation (Tempe, AZ)
Law Firm: Taft Stettinius Hollister LLP (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18610090 on 03/19/2024 (434 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for the application of friction-modifying coatings to roadways, walkways, and other areas subject to vehicular, human or animal traffic, the system and method comprising the controlled, simultaneous application of binder and filler to a surface of a substrate, using a mobile device which passes over the substrate as the binder and filler are being applied. The system includes a mobile platform configured for being coupled to a vehicle. A binder applicator is mounted on the mobile platform and coupled to a resin container. A plurality of openings is linearly arranged into two rows extending along the length of the binder applicator. An air knife is mounted on the mobile platform and coupled to an air compressor for generating an air curtain. An aggregate dispenser bar including at least one aggregate dispenser is coupled to an aggregate bin and mounted on the mobile platform for dispensing aggregate.

[E01C] CONSTRUCTION OF, OR SURFACES FOR, ROADS, SPORTS GROUNDS, OR THE LIKE; MACHINES OR AUXILIARY TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR (forming road or like surfaces by compacting or grading snow or ice E01H)

Drill bit for boring earth and other hard materials
Patent No. 12312868

Inventor(s): Nathan Andrew Brooks (Slade Point, , AU)
Assignee(s): Ulterra Drilling Technologies, L.P. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17296869 on 11/26/2019 (2009 days app to issue)

Abstract: A drill bit assembly for drilling a hole through earth, the drill bit comprising: a bit body extending between a first end and a second end along a longitudinal axis of the bit body with a connecting arrangement positioned at the first end of the bit body for coupling the bit body to a rotating shaft for providing rotational torque to the bit body; a cutting head including a leading tip portion for cutting into earth and a trailing receiving portion for receiving the second end of the bit body in an internal cavity defined by the receiving portion to allow the cutting head to be removably coupled to the second end of the bit body; a retaining arrangement to retain the second end of the bit body in the receiving portion of the cutting tip.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

Sucker rod stripper
Patent No. 12312897

Inventor(s): Shawn Neal Adair (Forney, TX)
Assignee(s): Datwyler Parco Holdings Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Fleit Intellectual Property Law (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18522423 on 11/29/2023 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: A sucker rod stripper ([b]1[/b]) comprising a housing ([b]2[/b]) defining an axial rod passageway ([b]21[/b]) therethrough for a sucker rod of an oil well pump, two rubber packings ([b]3, 3[/b]), which are diametrically arranged around the rod passageway ([b]21[/b]), each provided with an axial sucker rod groove ([b]31[/b]) for stripping the sucker rod, and two radially extending feed screws ([b]4, 4[/b]) each extending through a threaded opening ([b]22, 22[/b]) in an side wall ([b]24[/b]) of the housing ([b]2[/b]) and operatively connected to one of the two rubber packings ([b]3, 3[/b]) to advance and retract the rubber packing ([b]3, 3[/b]) in radial direction within the housing ([b]2[/b]), wherein a damping means ([b]5[/b]) is arranged between each of the two feed screws ([b]4, 4[/b]) and the corresponding rubber packing ([b]3, 3[/b]) to allow retraction of the rubber packings ([b]3, 3[/b]) when thicker section of a sucker rod passes between the rubber packings ([b]3, 3[/b]).

Bulkhead igniter with snap-on insulator
Patent No. 12312914

Inventor(s): Jeremy Todd Morrison (Pickton, TX), Tyler Lee Smith (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): DBK INDUSTRIES, LLC (Crowley, TX)
Law Firm: Johnston IP Law, PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18391638 on 12/20/2023 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: In the context of downhole tools, bulkhead igniter assemblies having snap-on insulators are disclosed. In some embodiments the bulkhead igniter assemblies have a bulkhead with a first end formed with at least one ridge or groove, a pressure block, a setting tool, and a snap-on insulator. The snap-on insulator has an annular body having a tubular channel through a center portion. Ridges or groves on the snap-on insulator mate with ridges or grooves on the bulkhead igniter to hold the snap-on insulator in place on the bulkhead igniter by interaction of the ridge or groove of the snap-on insulator with the ridge or groove on the first end of the bulkhead igniter. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Guide sub for multilateral junction
Patent No. 12312918

Inventor(s): Michael Linley Fripp (Carrollton, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17903422 on 09/06/2022 (994 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one or more examples, a method comprises advancing a tubing string along a primary wellbore toward a junction having a low-side exit to a secondary wellbore, with a guide sub positioned at a leading end of the tubing string. The guide sub has a buoyancy within a well fluid external to the guide sub. The buoyancy of the guide sub is used to bias the guide sub toward a high-side of the primary wellbore while moving the guide sub across the low-side exit to a downstream portion of the primary wellbore. Subsequently, the guide sub is used to guide a fluid or tubular component between the tubing string and the downstream portion of the primary wellbore across the low-side exit.

Charge tube assembly
Patent No. 12312923

Inventor(s): Courtney Ann Thain Roberts (Alvarado, TX), Cynthia Anne Kane (Alvarado, TX), Kevin Cook (Alvarado, TX)
Assignee(s): Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Houston, TX)
Law Firm: C. Tumey Law Group PLLC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18373491 on 09/27/2023 (608 days app to issue)

Abstract: In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a charge tube assembly that includes a charge tube, a detonator housing interlocked with the charge tube, an end alignment interlocked with the charge tube, and a detonation cord extending from the detonator housing to the charge tube.

Shaped charge load tube with integrated detonation cord retention mechanism
Patent No. 12312924

Inventor(s): James A. Rollins (Lipan, TX), Wenbo Yang (Kennedale, TX)
Assignee(s): GEODYNAMICS, INC. (Millsap, TX)
Law Firm: Morgan, Lewis Bockius LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18487582 on 10/16/2023 (589 days app to issue)

Abstract: A loading tube is configured to receive one or more shaped charges to form a perforating gun. The loading tube includes a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis; a cord passage formed into the tubular body; a retention cutoff formed into the tubular body and configured to receive a detonator cord; and a holding element extending into the retention cutoff and being integrally made with a wall of the tubular body, wherein the holding element is configured to hold the detonator cord into the retention cutoff. The cord passage is configured to receive the detonator cord from a bore of the tubular body and to direct the detonator cord outside the bore of the tubular body.

Methods and apparatus for bitless drilling
Patent No. 12312954

Inventor(s): Todd W. Benson (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Helmerich Payne Technologies, LLC (Tulsa, OK)
Law Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18189918 on 03/24/2023 (795 days app to issue)

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of drilling using a bitless drilling assembly can include a propellant chamber configured to store a liquid propellant for drilling. The bitless drilling assembly can include a burner nozzle connected to the propellant chamber via one or more passages to route the liquid propellant from the propellant chamber to the burner nozzle. The bitless drilling assembly can include an ignitor configured to ignite the liquid propellant as the liquid propellant escapes the burner nozzle. The bitless drilling assembly can include a diverter cage placed in a path of the inside passage to divert one or more propellant capsules from the inside passage to a capsule blade. The capsule blade can be configured to puncture the one or more propellant capsules to allow the propellant to flow into a reservoir and route the propellant to the propellant chamber. The bitless drilling assembly can be controlled automatically during drilling.

M E C H A N I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G
LIGHTING | HEATING | WEAPONS | BLASTING

Hydraulic/pneumatic power generating system
Patent No. 12312959

Inventor(s): Joseph Hogan (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18329132 on 06/05/2023 (722 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electric power generating device includes a hydraulic power unit in fluid communication with hydraulic fluid and a hydraulic piston, the hydraulic piston creating compressed air to drive a pneumatic piston, the pneumatic piston driving a pneumatic motor, the pneumatic motor driving an electric generator/alternator. The electric power generating device can further include a canister air exchange comprising a small diameter pipe wrapped perpendicular inside a small section of larger pipe which creates a pressure induced spin movement to drive an electric generator/alternator.

[F01B] MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES (of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F01C; of non-positive-displacement type F01D; combustion engines F02; internal-combustion aspects of reciprocating-piston engines F02B 57/00, F02B 59/00; machines for liquids F03, F04; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, for engines in general F16J)

Fluid end assembly
Patent No. 12313048

Inventor(s): Micheal Cole Thomas (Azle, TX)
Assignee(s): Kerr Machine Co. (Sulphur, OK)
Law Firm: Tomlinson McKinstry, P.C. (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18829964 on 09/10/2024 (259 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid end assembly having a plurality of fluid end sections positioned in a side-by-side relationship. Each fluid end section has a housing made of multiple-piece construction. One or more pieces of the housing have a plurality of stay rods attached thereto. The stay rods interconnect the fluid end assembly and a power end assembly.

[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F; crankshafts, crossheads, connecting-rods F16C; flywheels F16F; gearings for interconverting rotary motion and reciprocating motion in general F16H; pistons, piston-rods, cylinders, in general F16J; ion pumps H01J 41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K 44/02)

Optimizing an efficiency of a positive displacement pump with a constant or near-constant speed power source
Patent No. 12313057

Inventor(s): Brandon J. Mabe (Houston, TX), Todd Ryan Kabrich (Tomball, TX), Wesley P. Clark (Weatherford, TX)
Assignee(s): SPM Oil Gas Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17650780 on 02/11/2022 (1201 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a powertrain for powering a fluid pump may include a power source configured to rotate a first drive shaft at an approximately constant speed. The powertrain may include a mechanical transmission. The mechanical transmission may include one or more gearboxes associated with a set of fixed gear ratios, a second drive shaft coupled to the first drive shaft, and a third drive shaft coupled to an input drive shaft of the fluid pump and configured to rotate the input drive shaft at variable speeds or with variable torque based on using different gear ratios from the set of fixed gear ratios. The powertrain may include a torque converter disposed between the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft to enable the first drive shaft to be coupled to the second drive shaft.

Thermal hydraulic active warming system
Patent No. 12313101

Inventor(s): Carlos Alexander Fenny (Fort Worth, TX), David Perry Schultz (Grand Prairie, TX), Robert Reynolds (Euless, TX), Rodney Cahoon (Argyle, TX)
Assignee(s): Textron Innovations Inc. (Providence, RI)
Law Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17519321 on 11/04/2021 (1300 days app to issue)

Abstract: An aircraft thermal hydraulic active-warming system includes an active thermal-warming valve interoperably coupled between a hydraulic pressure line and a hydraulic low-pressure return line and a hydraulic actuator arranged in parallel with the active thermal-warming valve between the hydraulic pressure line and the hydraulic low-pressure return line.

[F15B] SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (motors, turbines, compressors, blowers, pumps F01-F04; fluid dynamics F15D; fluid clutches or brakes F16D; fluid springs F16F; fluid gearing F16H; pistons, cylinders, packing F16J; valves, taps, cocks, actuating-floats F16K; safety valves with auxiliary fluid operation of the main valve F16K 17/10; fluid-operating means for valves F16K 31/12; pipes, pipe joints F16L; lubricating F16N)

Valve stop for use with a fluid end assembly
Patent No. 12313167

Inventor(s): Christopher Kowalski (Fort Worth, TX), Jeffrey Plaisted (Fort Worth, TX), Jonathan M. Brinson (Fort Worth, TX), Katherine Goodnight Schaller (Fort Worth, TX), Tyrone Walker (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): BEST PUMP AND FLOW, LLC (Willow Park, TX)
Law Firm: Abel Schillinger, LLP (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18343828 on 06/29/2023 (698 days app to issue)

Abstract: A fluid end assembly has a body with at least one bore therein in which the bore has a retaining shoulder extending inwardly therefrom, a valve slidably movable in the bore, a spring having one end affixed to a surface of the valve and positioned in the inner diameter of the bore, and a valve stop having a surface bearing against the retaining shoulder. The spring as an opposite end affixed to a surface of the valve stop. The valve stop has a central portion with a plurality of wings radiating outwardly therefrom. An outer surface is formed at the outer periphery of the plurality of wings so as to receive the retaining shoulder therein.

[F16K] VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING

Quick attach and detach mount for firearms and other objects
Patent No. 12313217

Inventor(s): Andrew Pischke (Mansfield, TX), Cody Bench (Grand Prairie, TX), Seth D. Fritz (Italy, TX)
Assignee(s): Sellmark Corporation (Mansfield, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18588787 on 02/27/2024 (455 days app to issue)

Abstract: An apparatus for coupling an object to a support has an object member that includes an upper surface configured for attachment to a portion of the object, a lower extent including a generally conical object portion depending from the object member; and a notch formed in a portion of the lower extent. A support member includes a lower surface configured for attachment to the support, an upper surface, and a receptacle formed in the upper surface to receive the lower extent of the object member. The receptacle includes a generally conical support portion to receive and mate with the generally conical object portion. A latch member is selectively operable to engage the notch of the object portion to selectively secure together the object and support members.

[F16M] FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS, OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS OR SUPPORTS

Overflow sensor assembly in temperature control systems
Patent No. 12313271

Inventor(s): Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Rheem Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18407989 on 01/09/2024 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments include overflow sensor assemblies for water heaters, HVAC systems, and other devices for which temperature control systems may be used. An example overflow sensor assembly for detecting fluid leaks at a device may include a sensor probe configured to be in electrical communication with a power supply, and a sensor mounting bracket that forms a ground, where the sensor mounting bracket is configured to be adjustably coupled to a mounting surface on the device, such that the sensor mounting bracket can deflect about the mounting surface. The sensor probe is suspended from the sensor mounting bracket.

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

HVAC system and methods of using the same for leak detection
Patent No. 12313272

Inventor(s): Austin Mitchell Meminger (Oxford, MS), John Lawson Bauer, Jr. (Grenada, MS), Timothy James Orr (Bogart, GA)
Assignee(s): Advanced Distributor Products LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Baker Botts L.L.P. (Local + 8 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18068901 on 12/20/2022 (889 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of operating a HVAC system is provided. The method includes removing heat from a working fluid using an evaporator and a blower that moves airflow across the evaporator. The method includes measuring at least one gas property value of a fluid surrounding the evaporator using a leak detection sensor. The method includes determining a control setpoint for a maximum allowable concentration of working fluid in the fluid surrounding the evaporator, where the control setpoint corresponds to a gas property value associated with a threshold percentage of a lower flammability limit of the first refrigerant in air at the operating temperature. The method includes determining that the at least one gas property value of the working fluid exceeds the control setpoint. If exceeded, the method includes closing a value that regulates the flow of working fluid to the evaporator and initiating the blower to move airflow across the evaporator.

Systems and methods for LNG refrigeration and liquefaction
Patent No. 12313337

Inventor(s): Jacob Thomas (Sugar Land, TX), John Mak (Santa Ana, CA)
Assignee(s): Fluor Technologies Corporation (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Conley Rose, P.C. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16297000 on 03/08/2019 (2272 days app to issue)

Abstract: A LNG liquefaction plant system includes concurrent power production, wherein the refrigeration content of the refrigerant or SMR is used to liquefy and sub-cool a natural gas stream in a cold box or cryogenic exchanger. For concurrent power production, the system uses waste heat from refrigerant compression to vaporize and superheat a waste heat working fluid that in turn drives a compressor for refrigerant compression. The refrigerant may be an external SMR or an internal LNG refrigerant working fluid expanded and compressed by a twin compander arrangement.

[F25J] LIQUEFACTION, SOLIDIFICATION, OR SEPARATION OF GASES OR GASEOUS MIXTURES BY PRESSURE AND COLD TREATMENT (cryogenic pumps F04B 37/08; gas storage vessels, gas-holders F17; filling vessels with, or discharging from vessels, compressed, liquefied, or solidified gases F17C; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B)

Locally embedded phase change material for heat sinks
Patent No. 12313347

Inventor(s): Robert Ruffino (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (Melbourne, FL)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18107096 on 02/08/2023 (839 days app to issue)

Abstract: A PCM heat sink comprises a thermally conductive body member having a plurality of PCM-receiving bores defined therein from at last one surface thereof. A plurality of pre-cast PCM rods are disposed in respective bores have a phase change temperature from solid to liquid at or just below a specified maximum operating temperature. A plurality of sealing members is disposed in respective bores to seal the rods in the bores. The sealing members may be plugs or thin disc-like lids that are brazed, welded or otherwise secured to the body member at the bore openings.

[F28D] HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials C09K 5/00; fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general application F28F); HEAT STORAGE PLANTS OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL [4]

Firearm mounting device
Patent No. 12313363

Inventor(s): Charlie R. Cerda (Katy, TX)
Assignee(s): Vulcan Arms, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Dentons US LLP (Local + 12 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18537301 on 12/12/2023 (532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A firearm mounting device securable to a surface and having a magnetic material within a base to attract and secure a firearm to the device in a readily retrievable position. The device includes a channel to receive the slide of a semi-automatic pistol and at least one slide stop disposed within the channel to engage and prevent movement of the slide as a user grips the grip of the pistol and displaces the grip towards the at least one slide stop to chamber a cartridge in the chamber of the pistol. The at least one slide stop engages and prevents movement of the slide while allowing the barrel of the pistol to protrude from under the slide.

[F41A] FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE [5]

P H Y S I C S

Silicone hydrogel lens with a crosslinked hydrophilic coating
Patent No. 12311621

Inventor(s): Lynn Cook Winterton (Keller, TX)
Assignee(s): Alcon Inc. (Fribourg, , CH)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17991174 on 11/21/2022 (918 days app to issue)

Abstract: The invention is related to a cost-effective method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens having a crosslinked hydrophilic coating thereon. A method of the invention involves heating a silicone hydrogel contact lens in an aqueous solution in the presence of a water-soluble, highly branched, thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material having positively-charged azetidinium groups, to and at a temperature from about 40 C. to about 140 C. for a period of time sufficient to covalently attach the thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material onto the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens through covalent linkages each formed between one azetidinium group and one of the reactive functional groups on and/or near the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens, thereby forming a crosslinked hydrophilic coating on the silicone hydrogel contact lens. Such method can be advantageously implemented directly in a sealed lens package during autoclave.

[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES

MEMS gyroscope start-up process and circuit
Patent No. 12313408

Inventor(s): David McClure (Carrollton, TX), Deyou Fang (Frisco, TX), Marco Garbarino (Cusago, , IT), Naren K Sahoo (Frisco, TX), Pavan Nallamothu (Little Elm, TX), Yamu Hu (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, , IT), STMicroelectronics, Inc. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Crowe Dunlevy LLC (Local + 2 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17712718 on 04/04/2022 (1149 days app to issue)

Abstract: At start-up of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyroscope, the drive signal is inhibited, and the phase, frequency and amplitude of any residual mechanical oscillation is sensed and processed to determine a process path for start-up. In the event that the sensed frequency of the residual mechanical oscillation is a spurious mode frequency and a quality factor of the residual mechanical oscillation is sufficient, an anti-phase signal is applied as the MEMS gyroscope drive signal in order to implement an active dampening of the residual mechanical oscillation. A kicking phase can then be performed to initiate oscillation. Also, in the event that the sensed frequency of the residual mechanical oscillation is a resonant mode frequency with sufficient drive energy, a quadrature phase signal with phase lock loop frequency control and amplitude controlled by the drive energy is applied as the MEMS gyroscope drive signal in order to induce controlled oscillation.

[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effect, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S)

Methods and apparatus to improve accuracy of current sense circuitry
Patent No. 12313660

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Shankar (Bangalore, , IN), Richeek Maitra (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18190963 on 03/27/2023 (792 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example circuit includes a transistor including a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal, the first current terminal of the transistor coupled to a load terminal, the second current terminal of the transistor coupled to a ground; a sense transistor including a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal, the second current terminal of the sense transistor coupled to the ground; an amplifier including a first input, a second input, and an output terminal, the second input of the amplifier coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier; and a resistor including a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal of the resistor coupled to the output terminal of the amplifier and the control terminal of the transistor, and the second terminal coupled to the control terminal of the sense transistor.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Integrated circuit die test architecture
Patent No. 12313667

Inventor(s): Lee D. Whetsel (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18754683 on 06/26/2024 (335 days app to issue)

Abstract: A test control port (TCP) includes a state machine SM, an instruction register IR, data registers DRs, a gating circuit and a TDO MX. The SM inputs TCI signals and outputs control signals to the IR and to the DR. During instruction or data scans, the IR or DRs are enabled to input data from TDI and output data to the TDO MX and the top surface TDO signal. The bottom surface TCI inputs may be coupled to the top surface TCO signals via the gating circuit. The top surface TDI signal may be coupled to the bottom surface TDO signal via TDO MX. This allows concatenating or daisy-chaining the IR and DR of a TCP of a lower die with an IR and DR of a TCP of a die stacked on top of the lower die.

[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J 3/12)

Identifying defect sensitive codes for testing devices with input or output code
Patent No. 12313681

Inventor(s): Lakshmanan Balasubramanian (Bengaluru, , IN), Nadeem Husain Tehsildar (Bengaluru, , IN), Nitin Agarwal (Bengaluru, , IN), Rubin Ajit Parekhji (Bengaluru, , IN), Suresh Mallala (Hyderbad, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 16538518 on 08/12/2019 (2115 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of operating a computational system to evaluate a device under test, where the device under test is operable to receive a digital code input and output in response a corresponding output. The method injects a plurality of simulated faults into a pre-silicon model of the device under test. For each injected simulated fault, the method inputs a plurality of digital codes to the model. For each input digital code, the method selectively stores the input digital code if a difference, between a corresponding output for the input digital code and a no-fault output for the input, exceeds a predetermined threshold value.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Joint estimation of respiratory and heart rates using ultra-wideband radar
Patent No. 12313772

Inventor(s): Hoang Viet Nguyen (Plano, TX), Raghunandan M. Rao (Allen, TX), Yuming Zhu (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Suwon-si, , KR)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17664200 on 05/19/2022 (1104 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for contactless vital sign monitoring includes transmitting, via a transceiver, radar signals for object detection. The method also includes generating a clutter removed channel impulse response from received reflections of the radar signals a portion of which are reflected off of a living object. The method further includes identifying a set of range bins corresponding to a position of the living object. Additionally, the method includes identifying a first set of signal components representing a respiration rate of the living object and a second set of signal components representing a heart rate of the living object.

[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES

Depth sensing using optical time-of-flight techniques through a transmissive cover
Patent No. 12313779

Inventor(s): Doug Nelson (Plano, TX), Drew Paterson (Plano, TX), Pradeep Hegde (Frisco, TX), Timothy Cogan (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): ams-Osram Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore, , SG)
Law Firm: Viering, Jentschura Partner mbB (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17290808 on 11/13/2019 (2022 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for determining dynamically the intensity of the reflection from a transmissive cover and neutralizing it so as to improve the accuracy of depth measurements. Depth measurements of light modulation at multiple frequencieswhich also can be used for depth disambiguationare obtained and used to decouple the information to estimate the intensity of the signal reflected by the transmissive cover itself or a smudge on the transmissive cover, and the intensity of the signal reflected by the target object.

Adaptive laser power and ranging limit for time of flight sensor
Patent No. 12313789

Inventor(s): Arnaud Deleule (Cupertino, CA), Rui Xiao (Cupertino, CA), Xiaoyong Yang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): STMICROELECTRONICS, INC. (Coppell, TX)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17064398 on 10/06/2020 (1694 days app to issue)

Abstract: A time of flight range detection device includes a laser configured to transmit an optical pulse into an image scene, a return single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array, a reference SPAD array, a range detection circuit coupled to the return SPAD array and the reference SPAD array, and a laser driver circuit. The range detection circuit in operation determines a distance to an object based on signals from the return SPAD array and the reference SPAD array. The laser driver circuit in operation varies an output power level of the laser in response to the determined distance to the object.

High transmission light control film comprising alternating transmissive and absorptive regions
Patent No. 12313864

Inventor(s): Caleb T. Nelson (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (St. Paul, MN)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17757743 on 12/18/2020 (1621 days app to issue)

Abstract: A light control film comprises a light input surface and a light output surface; alternating transmissive regions and absorptive regions disposed between the light input surface and the light output surface; and TIR cladding layers. The TIR cladding layer having a refractive index, n[subscript]TIR[/subscript]. The transmissive regions alternate between high refractive index transmissive regions having a refractive index, n[subscript]2[/subscript], and low refractive index transmissive regions having a refractive index, n[subscript]1[/subscript]. The absorptive regions comprise a core having a refractive index, n[subscript]core[/subscript], adjacent an AR cladding layer; wherein n[subscript]1[/subscript]n[subscript]2 [/subscript]and n[subscript]TIR[/subscript]n[subscript]2[/subscript]. The TIR cladding layers are adjacent the high refractive index transmissive regions. The cores have an aspect ratio of at least 20. The high refractive index transmissive regions have a wall angle of 6 degrees or less.

[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements specially adapted for use in lighting devices or systems thereof F21V 1/00-F21V 13/00; measuring-instruments, see the relevant subclass of class G01, e.g. optical rangefinders G01C; testing of optical elements, systems, or apparatus G01M 11/00; spectacles G02C; apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B; sound lenses G10K 11/30; electron and ion “optics” H01J; X-ray “optics” H01J, H05G 1/00; optical elements structurally combined with electric discharge tubes H01J 5/16, H01J 29/89, H01J 37/22; microwave “optics” H01Q; combination of optical elements with television receivers H04N 5/72; optical systems or arrangements in colour television systems H04N 9/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B 3/84) [7]

Methods and equipment for reducing power loss in cellular systems
Patent No. 12314069

Inventor(s): Erik William Lilieholm (Richardson, TX), John Charles Chamberlain (Hickory, NC), Michael R Guerin (St Charles, IL)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Fogg Powers LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18677383 on 05/29/2024 (363 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods of powering a radio that is mounted on a tower of a cellular base station are provided in which a direct current (‘’DC’’) power signal is provided to the radio over a power cable and a voltage level of the output of the power supply is adjusted so as to provide a substantially constant voltage at a first end of the power cable that is remote from the power supply. Related cellular base stations and programmable power supplies are also provided.

[G05F] SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES (regulating the timing or recurrence frequency of pulses in radar or radio navigation systems G01S; regulation of current or voltage, specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces G04G 19/02; closed-loop systems for regulating non-electric variables by electric means G05D; regulating power supply of digital computers G06F 1/26; for obtaining desired operating characteristics of electromagnets with armatures H01F 7/18; regulating electric power distribution networks H02J; regulating the charging of batteries H02J 7/00; regulating of the output of static converters, e.g. switching regulators, H02M; regulation of the output of electric generators H02N, H02P 9/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils H02P 13/00; regulating frequency response, gain, maximum output, amplitude or bandwidth of amplifiers H03G; regulating tuning of resonant circuits H03J; controlling generators of electronic oscillations or pulses H03L; regulating characteristics of transmission lines H04B; controlling electric light sources H05B 37/02, H05B 39/04, H05B 41/36; electric control of X-ray apparatus H05G 1/30) [5]

Current-mode feedforward ripple cancellation
Patent No. 12314071

Inventor(s): Kishan Joshi (Tucson, AZ), Sanjeev Manandhar (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18461066 on 09/05/2023 (630 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, an apparatus includes an error amplifier, a buffer, a transistor, and a current-mode feedforward ripple canceller (CFFRC). The error amplifier has an amplifier output, a first input, and a second input, the error amplifier second input configured to receive a reference voltage. The buffer has a buffer input and a buffer output, the buffer input coupled to the error amplifier output. The transistor has a gate, a source, and a drain, the gate coupled to the buffer output, the drain coupled to the first input. The transistor is configured to receive an input voltage (VIN) at the source and provide an output voltage at the drain. The CFFRC has a CFFRC input and a CFFRC output, the CFFRC output coupled to the gate, and the CFFRC input configured to receive VIN.

Virtual collaborative space within a workflow
Patent No. 12314121

Inventor(s): Cuong The Nguyen (North Richland Hills, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: CHIP LAW GROUP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18350805 on 07/12/2023 (685 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for creating a virtual collaborative space within an intelligent workflow framework. One or more processors of a computer system identify the need for a virtual collaborative space where human interactions can occur to test or optimize the existing workflow and identify triggers for when the virtual collaborative space shall be initiated based on historical learning models trained from instrumentation data generated by the workflow. Responsive to a trigger from the identified triggers, the one or more processors of the computer system alert a first user to enter the virtual collaborative space and initiate the virtual collaborative space. The one or more processors of the computer system replicate a scenario that activated the trigger including identifying parties of interest to the scenario and enable the first user to address an issue in the existing workflow that caused the trigger to occur.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for real-time mapping and visualization generation of system components in software systems
Patent No. 12314150

Inventor(s): Dinakar Anumolu (Irving, TX), Mayank Vinayaka (Irving, TX), Nalini Kavali (Irving, TX), Pranita Santosh Patil (Irving, TX), Richard Eric Lawton (Irving, TX), Sarthak Rajnikant Patel (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18762362 on 07/02/2024 (329 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for real-time mapping and visualization generation of system components and inter system communications as well as for the generation of real-time recommendations for architectural recommendations. The systems and methods generate hierarchical workflow mappings of a computational network using event data from software applications lineage logs as well as component and artifact repositories. For example, while event data in software applications lineage logs is conventionally limited to identifying that a given process occurred, the systems and methods use the plurality of events detailed in the software applications lineage logs to create, using an artificial intelligence model, a network mapping of how system components are arranged and interact.

[G06N] COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS [7]

Die-aware scheduler
Patent No. 12314163

Inventor(s): Richard Troxell, III (Southlake, TX)
Assignee(s): PURE STORAGE, INC. (Santa Clara, CA)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17726391 on 04/21/2022 (1132 days app to issue)

Abstract: A die-aware scheduler that has a hierarchical queue is suitable for use in data storage systems. The hierarchical queue includes a priority queue, a die queue, a write queue and a power token queue, and may also include an admission queue. The die queue, the write queue and the power token queue have a width and lanes corresponding to dies in solid-state storage. The hierarchy of queues has dynamic adjustability of a ratio relating to handling queue items in the hierarchy of queues, to optimize latency and throughput.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Software-hardware memory management modes
Patent No. 12314187

Inventor(s): Daniel Brad Wu (Plano, TX), Joseph Raymond Michael Zbiciak (San Jose, CA), Kai Chirca (Dallas, TX), Timothy D. Anderson (University Park, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18389899 on 12/20/2023 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a memory management unit (MMU) comprising a translation lookaside buffer (TLB) and a configuration register, a request from a processor core to directly modify an entry in the TLB. The method also includes, responsive to the configuration register having a first value, operating the MMU in a software-managed mode by modifying the entry in the TLB according to the request. The method further includes, responsive to the configuration register having a second value, operating the MMU in a hardware-managed mode by denying the request.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

High bandwidth IJTAG through high speed parallel bus
Patent No. 12314207

Inventor(s): Jan Burchard (Wilsonville, OR), Jean-Francois Cote (Davie, FL), Jonathan Gaudet (Gatineau, , CA)
Assignee(s): Siemens Industry Software Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18040909 on 06/24/2021 (1433 days app to issue)

Abstract: High Bandwidth IJTAG Through High Speed Parallel Bus A system in a circuit comprises: a first network ([b]710[/b]) configurable to transmit data in parallel in the circuit, the first network ([b]710[/b]) comprising circuit block interface devices, each of the circuit block interface devices being coupled to ports of one of circuit blocks in the circuit; a plurality of second networks ([b]720, 725, 727[/b]), each of the plurality of second networks ([b]720, 725, 727[/b]) configurable to transmit data in serial in one of the circuit blocks in the circuit; a third network ([b]730[/b]) configurable to transmit data in serial in the circuit when being coupled to the plurality of second networks ([b]720, 725, 727[/b]); and a plurality of network switching interface devices ([b]740, 745, 747[/b]), each of the plurality of network switching interface devices ([b]740, 745, 747[/b]) configurable to couple either the first network ([b]710[/b]) or the third network ([b]730[/b]) to one of the plurality of second networks ([b]720, 725, 727[/b]) based on a control signal stored in the each of the plurality of interface devices ([b]740, 745, 747[/b]).

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Virtual can bus
Patent No. 12314210

Inventor(s): Benjamin T. Lindow (Plano, TX), James Andrew Mialkowski (Plano, TX), Jan Paul Reguero-Inserni (Plano, TX), Nathan Humpal (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA (Aichi-Ken, , JP), TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18320184 on 05/18/2023 (740 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of establishing a network channel between a network interface of a computing system and a network interface of a remote computing system coupled to an electronic control unit (ECU), receiving, via a hardware interface of the computing system, a CAN message from a hardware element that is coupled to the hardware interface, converting the CAN message into an Ethernet packet message, and forwarding the Ethernet packet message to the ECU on the remote computing system via the established network channel.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

High level instructions with lower-level assembly code style primitives within a memory appliance for accessing memory
Patent No. 12314212

Inventor(s): Keith Lowery (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): Rambus Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Lowenstein Sandler LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18513053 on 11/17/2023 (557 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of processing memory instructions including receiving a memory related command from a client system in communication with a memory appliance via a communication protocol, wherein the memory appliance comprises a processor, a memory unit controller and a plurality of memory devices coupled to said memory unit controller. The memory related command is translated by the memory appliance into a plurality of primitive commands that are lower level commands and formatted to perform prescribed data manipulation operations on data of the plurality of memory devices stored in data structures. The plurality of primitive commands is executed on data stored in the memory devices to produce a result, wherein the executing is performed by the memory controller. A direct memory transfer of the result is established over the communication protocol to a network.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Regionally-based data storage and control
Patent No. 12314239

Inventor(s): Manu Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18201283 on 05/24/2023 (734 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for administering regionally-based data storage and control is provided. The system may include a computer processor and a distributed memory. The distributed memory may be distributed across a plurality of regions. The distributed memory may provide data storage. The system may build a plurality of artificial intelligence (AI) models. Each of the models may correspond to a set of data rules. Each of the data rules governs the storage of data in each of the plurality of regions. The system may further create, or otherwise access, a plurality of data keys. Each of the data keys preferably corresponds to one of the regions. The system preferably centralizes the location of the plurality of data keys in a central location such that control of the data in the plurality of regions can be administered by the processor, via the plurality of data keys, from the central location.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Artificial intelligence-based auditors of artificial intelligence
Patent No. 12314245

Abstract: Systems and methods for an artificial intelligence-based auditor of artificial intelligence may be provided. The artificial-intelligence-based auditor may operate on one or more hardware processors. The artificial intelligence-based auditor may continually scan one or more operating artificial intelligence systems for productivity and operability. The scan may identify a data source powering the one or more operating artificial intelligence systems. The scan may measure a delta between an output from each of the one or more operating artificial intelligence systems. The scan may identify trends in quality of the one or more operating artificial intelligence systems. The scan may analyze instances where the one or more operating artificial intelligence systems outputted data outside of a parameter range. Based on the scan, the auditor may label each of the one or more operating artificial intelligence systems as positive, neutral or negative.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Semantic matching model for data de-duplication or master data management
Patent No. 12314268

Inventor(s): Balakumaran Vaithyalingam (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: Calderon Safran Wright P.C. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18593057 on 03/01/2024 (452 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include a generating a semantic label based on a frequency of similar values in a data field; and profiling a data source; identifying, based on the profiling, critical data elements (CDEs) and non-CDEs within the data source; auto-persisting the CDEs; matching the CDEs together under the semantic label; establishing virtual objects for the non-CDEs; and joining the CDEs and the virtual objects.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Table-driven segment systems and methods for generating passenger information messages
Patent No. 12314271

Inventor(s): Cary Castle (Dallas, TX), John Emmett Buxton, Jr. (Euless, TX), Muhammad Hafeez (Grand Prairie, TX), Robert R. McCall (Mansfield, TX)
Assignee(s): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Fort Worth, TX)
Law Firm: HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18519783 on 11/27/2023 (547 days app to issue)

Abstract: Passenger information messages (‘’PIMs’’) are generated using table-driven segment systems and methods. Message segments may be paired with token names. Passenger information associated with an airline flight are substituted for the token names. The passenger information and message segments are arranged to generate a PIM for the airline flight.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Aggregating data ingested from disparate sources for processing using machine learning models
Patent No. 12314289

Inventor(s): Deepali Tuteja (Coppell, TX), Girish Wali (Flower Mound, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18123179 on 03/17/2023 (802 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for aggregating data from disparate sources to output information. A computing system may transform a first plurality of datasets of a plurality of data sources by converting a first format of the corresponding data source for each of the first plurality of datasets to generate a second plurality of datasets in a second format of the computing system. The computing system may identify, from the second plurality of datasets, a subset of datasets using a feature selected for evaluation of a utility of the feature. The computing system may apply a machine learning model configured for the selected feature to the subset of datasets to generate an output that measures a likelihood of usefulness. The computing system may cause a visualization of the output for the feature to be displayed for presentation on a dashboard interface based on a template configured for the feature.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Method and systems for generating a projection structure using a graphical user interface
Patent No. 12314294

Inventor(s): Blake Browder (Dallas, TX), Joy Figarsky (Little Rock, AR)
Assignee(s): Signet Health Corporation (North Richland Hills, TX)
Law Firm: Caldwell Intellectual Property Law (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18957779 on 11/24/2024 (184 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for generating a projection structure using a graphical user interface, wherein the system comprises: a display device configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI); a computing device comprising a memory; and a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the processor to: receive a plurality of datasets, wherein each dataset comprises a plurality of parameters; generate a first projection structure as a function of the datasets; display the first projection structure through the GUI; receive natural language query data corresponding to the first projection structure using a chatbot interface; generate response data as a function of the query data; map, as a function of a look-up table, each categorization to a database entry index; obtain response data from the database; adjust the parameters as a function of the response data; generate a second projection structure; and display it in the GUI.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

System and method for generating an updated terminal node projection
Patent No. 12314305

Abstract: A system for generating an updated terminal node projection, wherein the system includes: at least a processor; and a memory communicatively connected to the at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to: receive a plurality of datasets, wherein each dataset of the plurality of datasets is associated with a terminal node; identify a terminal node projection as a function of the plurality of datasets; generate an entry criteria set as a function of the terminal node projection using a first machine-learning model; train a second machine-learning model configured to receive the entry criteria set as input; retrain the second machine-learning model; generate an updated terminal node projection as a function of the retrained second machine-learning model and the plurality of datasets.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Using machine learning for collision detection to prevent unauthorized access
Patent No. 12314352

Inventor(s): Vijaya L. Vemireddy (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Banner Witcoff, Ltd. (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18212859 on 06/22/2023 (705 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing platform may train a synthetic identity detection model to detect synthetic identity information. The computing platform may receive identity information corresponding to an identity generation request. The computing platform may input, into the synthetic identity detection model, the identity information, which may cause the synthetic identity detection model to: identify at least one collision between the received identity information and stored identity information, and generate, based on the at least one collision, a synthetic identity score indicating a likelihood that the received identity information corresponds to a request to generate a synthetic identity. The computing platform may compare the synthetic identity score to at least one synthetic identity detection threshold. Based on identifying that the synthetic identity score meets or exceeds the at least one synthetic identity detection threshold, the computing platform may execute one or more security actions.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

System and method for generating user identity based encrypted data files using capsule neural networks to prevent identity misappropriation
Patent No. 12314363

Inventor(s): Elvis Nyamwange (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17992575 on 11/22/2022 (917 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for generating user identity based encrypted data files using capsule neural networks to prevent identity misappropriation. The system is configured for retrieving at least two images associated with a user from one or more entity databases, generating a consolidated image of the at least two images via an image coupling application, providing the consolidated image to capsule neural networks for training, receiving a real-time image associated with the user, wherein the real-time image is associated with a new application, providing the real-time image to the capsule neural networks, validating the real-time image via the capsule neural network, and determining if the validation is successful to authenticate the user.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Classification and mitigation of compute express link security threats
Patent No. 12314386

Inventor(s): Craig A Jones (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Micron Technology, Inc. (Boise, ID)
Law Firm: Harrity Harrity, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17811770 on 07/11/2022 (1051 days app to issue)

Abstract: In some implementations, a system includes a set of servers configured to establish a set of virtual machines to provide a computing environment; a set of compute express link (CXL) interface components configured to communicate with the set of servers via a set of CXL interconnects; and a controller configured to at least one of: encrypt protocol data against a CXL interposer security threat associated with the set of CXL interconnects or a malicious extension security threat, provide a secure handshake verification of an identity of the set of CXL interface components, enforce a chain of trust rooted in hardware of the set of CXL interface components; restrict access to an area of memory of the set of CXL interface components that stores security data for verified or secured processes; or perform a security check and set up a set of security features of the set of CXL interface components.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Generative cybersecurity exploit discovery and evaluation
Patent No. 12314406

Inventor(s): Manjit Rajaretnam (Irving, TX), Prithvi Narayana Rao (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): CITIBANK, N.A. (, NY)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18900430 on 09/27/2024 (242 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods for discovering and proactively mitigating previously unknown security vulnerabilities. The systems and methods herein can utilize security vulnerability information to discover potential security threats and can utilize this information to generate an attack using a machine learning model, such as a large language model. Generated attacks can be carried out to assess impact of a security vulnerability. An output can be provided that represents the assessed impact. In some implementations, the systems and methods herein generate patches or other mitigations for security vulnerabilities, which can be tested and deployed to address security vulnerabilities.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for self-interrogating data and correcting data storage implementations in an electronic network
Patent No. 12314413

Inventor(s): Manu Jacob Kurian (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Moore Van Allen PLLC (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18096378 on 01/12/2023 (866 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for self-interrogating data and correcting data storage implementations in an electronic network. The present disclosure is configured to identify at least one data storage component, wherein the at least one data storage component comprises data; determine at least one current requirement of the data; collect at least one current variable of the data; and determine whether the at least one current variable of the data matches the at least one current requirement of the data, wherein, in an instance where the at least one current variable of the data matches the at least one current requirement, store the data in the at least one data storage component, or wherein, in an instance where the at least one current variable of the data does not match the current requirement, generate at least one change variable for the data.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Method and system for generating a user-sensitive user interface
Patent No. 12314536

Abstract: A system for generating a user-sensitive user interface, wherein the system includes a display device; at least a computing device, wherein the computing device comprises: a memory; and at least a processor connected to the memory, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to: generate an execution operation as a function of a task module; display the execution operations in a user interface; receive, through the user interface, user response data corresponding to one or more of the execution operations; determine, as a function of the user response data, an assigned status corresponding the one or more execution operations using a machine-learning model; generate a second execution operation and an assigned node as a function of the assigned status; generate an updated user interface as a function of the second execution operation and the assigned status; and transmit the updated user interface to the assigned node.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Memory with extension mode
Patent No. 12314586

Inventor(s): Praveen Kumar N (Bengaluru, , IN), Ruchi Shankar (Bengaluru, , IN), Shobhit Singhal (Bengaluru, , IN), Sverre Brubaek (Oslo, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18389989 on 12/20/2023 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: A memory system includes a main memory, an auxiliary memory, a redundancy circuit, an extension control terminal, and a multiplexer. The main memory has a line width, and includes a write data input. The auxiliary memory has the same line width as the main memory, and includes a write data input. The redundancy circuit includes and input and an output. The input is coupled to the write data input of the main memory. The multiplexer includes a first input, a second input, a control input, and an output. The first input is coupled to the write data input of the main memory. The second input is coupled to the output of the redundancy circuit. The control input is coupled to the extension control terminal. The output of the multiplexer is coupled to the write data input of the auxiliary memory.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Stadium display system
Patent No. 12314622

Inventor(s): Bradley Hartman (Katy, TX), Christopher Smith (Sanger, TX), Daniel Korbelic (Arlington, TX), Deandrew Daniel (Aubrey, TX), Lance Decker (Tomball, TX), Sherman Wilder (Humble, TX), Tyler Culley (Denton, TX)
Assignee(s): FANWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Sanger, TX)
Law Firm: Fox Rothschild LLP (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18458612 on 08/30/2023 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a display system. The methods comprise: detecting an occurrence of an event; initiating a display session based on the event being of an event type to trigger a display session; and selecting media content (MC) for display by computing devices (ICDs) (wherein ICDs are located in areas or sections (SA/S) of a venue); selecting a first SA/S at which display of MC is to begin; identifying first CDs (FCDs) that are located in the first SA/S; causing FCDs to notify users that FCDs are to be moved into positions in which first pixel panels are visible by persons located outside of the first SA/S; and causing each FCD to display a respective pixel portion of a first electronic graphic (FEI) contained in MC, whereby an entirety of FEI is displayed collectively by FCDs.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

System and method for a cognitive conversation service
Patent No. 12314675

Inventor(s): Karthik Venkatesh (Frisco, TX), Sreevishnu Somasekharan Nair (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): WALDEN UNIVERSITY, LLC (Columbia, MD)
Law Firm: LOZA LOZA, LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17741423 on 05/10/2022 (1113 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure are related to systems, apparatus, and methods for training a chatbot, such that a user can ask a question and the bot can provide the answer using natural conversation. The solution disclosed herein creates a conversation engine that can be trained automatically by feeding in articles, FAQs, or documents on specific topics. The conversation engine can provide answers to user’’s questions on the trained topic through a natural conversation. The conversation engine can provide web service endpoints for training the engine on specific topics, and which can also be used during conversation with the user on that topic. When users ask a question on a topic to the chatbot, the chatbot can invoke conversation service endpoints, together with the intents, and the conversation service can provide the response via the chatbot.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Look-up table write
Patent No. 12314720

Inventor(s): Dheera Balasubramanian Samudrala (Richardson, TX), Duc Bui (Grand Prairie, TX), Naveen Bhoria (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18436652 on 02/08/2024 (474 days app to issue)

Abstract: A digital data processor includes an instruction memory storing instructions each specifying a data processing operation and at least one data operand field, an instruction decoder coupled to the instruction memory for sequentially recalling instructions from the instruction memory and determining the data processing operation and the at least one data operand, and at least one operational unit coupled to a data register file and to the instruction decoder to perform a data processing operation upon at least one operand corresponding to an instruction decoded by the instruction decoder and storing results of the data processing operation. The at least one operational unit is configured to perform a table write in response to a look up table write instruction by writing at least one data element from a source data register to a specified location in a specified number of at least one table.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for reducing power consumption in embedded machine learning accelerators
Patent No. 12314725

Inventor(s): Robert Michael Muchsel (Addison, TX)
Assignee(s): Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
Law Firm: Schwegman Lundberg Woessner, P.A. (11 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17232386 on 04/16/2021 (1502 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods reduce power consumption in embedded machine learning hardware accelerators and enable cost-effective embedded at-the-edge machine-learning and related applications. In various embodiments this may be accomplished by using hardware accelerators that comprise a programmable pre-processing circuit that operates in the same clock domain as the accelerator. In some embodiments, tightly coupled data loading first-in-first-out registers (FIFOs) eliminate clock synchronization issues and reduce unnecessary address writes. In other embodiments, a data transformation may gather source data bits in a manner that allows loading full words of native bus width to reduce the number of writes and, thus, overall power consumption.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Apparatus and method for generating an interactive graphical user interface
Patent No. 12314739

Abstract: An apparatus and method for generating an interactive graphical user interface are disclosed. The apparatus includes a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive first input data and second input data, identify at least a target datum from the first input data, determine at least an operating parameter from the second input data as a function of the at least a target datum, generate a plurality of tasks as a function of the at least an operating parameter, generate an interactive graphical user interface, wherein generating the interactive graphical user interface includes receiving concurrent user actions for the plurality of task nodes from a plurality of user devices and updating the interactive graphical user interface as a function of the concurrent user actions using an adaptive mechanism.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Systems and methods for updating a computational workflow and processing input information sets in accordance with the updated computational workflow
Patent No. 12314768

Inventor(s): Brandi Lynn Cantarel (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Form Bio Inc. (Austin, TX)
Law Firm: Esplin Associates, PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17866262 on 07/15/2022 (1047 days app to issue)

Abstract: System and method for updating a computational workflow and processing input information sets in accordance with the updated computational workflows. Exemplary implementations may: store workflow definitions for computational workflows, computational modules, output information sets, and/or other information; receive update information corresponding to the first computational workflow; update the first workflow definition in accordance with the update information to generate an updated workflow definition for the first computational workflow; process the first input information set in accordance with the updated workflow definition to generate a second output information set; determine variance information documenting variation between the first output information set and the second output information set; output one or more of the second output information set or the variance information; and/or other exemplary implementations.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

User-based vehicle determination
Patent No. 12314805

Inventor(s): Geoffrey Dagley (McKinney, TX), Micah Price (Plano, TX), Qiaochu Tang (The Colony, TX)
Assignee(s): Capital One Services, LLC (McLean, VA)
Law Firm: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18582892 on 02/21/2024 (461 days app to issue)

Abstract: Computer-implemented techniques and systems for generating vehicle profiles may include scanning a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle located at a respective vehicle location, identifying respective vehicle locations for each of the plurality of vehicles, based on scanning the plurality of vehicles, associating a vehicle identification tag for each vehicle with its respective vehicle location, interpreting a signal to determine a user location, determining that the user location is within a threshold distance from a first vehicle location of a first vehicle from the plurality of vehicles, providing a first vehicle identification tag corresponding to the first vehicle based on determining that the user location is within the threshold distance, generating a first vehicle profile based on the first vehicle identification tag, and providing the first vehicle profile to a user device.

[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS (printing per se B41J)

Context and contextual history within an observation platform environment
Patent No. 12314884

Inventor(s): Christopher N. Todd (Dallas, TX), Guy R. VanBuskirk (Greenville, SC), Ravi Shankar Kumar (Richardson, TX), Shiva Cheedella (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Theatro Labs, Inc. (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18381011 on 10/17/2023 (588 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of generating performance metrics for one or more users within an observation platform environment is described. The method includes providing one or more of the users with a communications device capable of sending a user’’s voice and a secondary signal containing information regarding a location of the communications device; providing an observation platform having a communications system for receiving and sending data. The observation platform comprises a computer system with a memory, and is configured to: recognize a user identity of a user, of the users; capture, from the communication device, a voice message of the user and the secondary signal; derive statistical data about employee performance of the user comprising: primary statistics, secondary statistics, and higher-order statistics from the secondary signal and the voice message; and build context and a contextual history of one of the user and the communications device based on the statistical data.

[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR [2006.01]

EV battery degradation in a fleet
Patent No. 12314888

Inventor(s): Maximilian Parness (Takoma Park, MD), Norman Lu (Fairview, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18801980 on 08/13/2024 (287 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining objects to be delivered by a group of vehicles, and choosing a vehicle of the group of vehicles with a most degraded battery to transport a heaviest object of the objects.

Artificial intelligence for meeting management
Patent No. 12314910

Inventor(s): Aditi Chakraborty (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18060066 on 11/30/2022 (909 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for automated management of a meeting are provided. A first computer may receive a meeting agenda for a first meeting. The first computer may access live content from the first meeting. The first computer may generate a meeting suggestion based on the meeting agenda and on the accessed live content. The first computer may transmit the meeting suggestion to a second computer.

Dynamic binding of video content
Patent No. 12314981

Inventor(s): Christian Briggs (Austin, TX), Robert K. Spitz (Nashua, NH), Todd Downing (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): AiBUY Holdco, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: COOLEY LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18452409 on 08/18/2023 (648 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of dynamically binding supplemental content to video content includes receiving the video content at a device and identifying at least one value related to one or more products or services, where the at least one value is associated with the video content. The method also includes obtaining the supplemental content based on the at least one value, where the supplemental content provides additional information about the one or more products or services. In addition, the method includes dynamically binding the supplemental content to the video content and positioning the supplemental content in association with the video content using a supplemental interactive display.

Systems and methods for generating efficient iterative recommendation structures
Patent No. 12314986

Inventor(s): Jason Matthew White (Dallas, TX), Taylor Griffin Smith (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, IL)
Law Firm: MARSHALL, GERSTEIN BORUN LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18527943 on 12/04/2023 (540 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods are described for generating efficient iterative electronic recommendation structures. In various aspects, one or more processors aggregate a plurality of ratings vectors, where each ratings vector is associated with a vector type and contains one or more content ranking metrics associated with one or more users. The one or more processors generate similarity pairing values from the plurality of ratings vectors, where each similarity pairing value is based on a similarity mapping between a first ratings vector and a second ratings vector. The one or more processors further generate an electronic recommendation structure based on the similarity pairing values, where the electronic recommendation structure includes a bi-directional look-up interface that is configured to return a bi-directional recommendation value after receiving a lookup request for either the vector type of the first ratings vector or the vector type of the second ratings vector.

Methods and systems for identifying underused properties and utilizing underused properties by leveraging mobile units
Patent No. 12314993

Inventor(s): Adrian Lombard (Royal Oak, MI), Akio Orii (Redwood City, CA), Baik Hoh (Mountain View, CA), John F. Daly (Frisco, TX), Kentaro Oguchi (Mountain View, CA), Kruti Vekaria (Arlington, VA), Paul Li (Mountain View, CA), Sa
Assignee(s): Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Aichi-ken, , JP), Toyota Motor Engingeering Manufacturing North America, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Dinsmore Shohl LLP (14 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17728465 on 04/25/2022 (1128 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a controller. The controller is configured to perform operations including obtaining data about an area related to a user, determining vacancy information about the area based on the data, determining at least one of an accessibility and a usability of the area, determining that the area is available for occupancy by one or more mobile units based on the vacancy information and at least one of the accessibility and the usability of the area, and updating a map including the area with an indication that the area is available for occupancy by one or more mobile units.

Data transport compression and reduction based upon intra-content user focus
Patent No. 12315037

Inventor(s): Jianlei Zhang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): ATT Intellectual Property I, L.P. (Atlanta, GA)
Law Firm: Hartman Citrin LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17993632 on 11/23/2022 (916 days app to issue)

Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to data transport compression and reduction based upon intra-content user focus. In one aspect disclosed herein, a device, such as an extended reality (‘’XR’’) headset, can determine an intra-content focus area of a user viewing a display. The device can provide the intra-content focus area to a content server, which can determine a content portion associated with the intra-content focus area. The device can receive, from the content server, the content portion associated with the intra-content focus area. The device can present, via the display, the content portion to be viewed by the user. Moreover, the concepts and technologies disclosed herein can also take advantage of content pooling effects and save bandwidth for a population of users given a Pareto distribution of their viewing distribution.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

Local physical environment modeling in extended reality environments
Patent No. 12315093

Inventor(s): Nolan Serrao (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UIPCO, LLC (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Potomac Law Group, PLLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18329906 on 06/06/2023 (721 days app to issue)

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an environmental scanning tool that generates a digital model representing the surroundings of a user of an extended reality head-mounted display device. The environment is imaged in both a depth map and in visible light for some select objects of interest. The selected objects exist within the digital model at higher fidelity and resolution than the remaining portions of the model in order to manage the storage size of the digital model. In some cases, the objects of interest are selected, or their higher fidelity scans are directed, by a remote user. The digital model further includes time stamped updates of the environment such that users can view a state of the environment according to various timestamps.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Machine-learning models for image processing
Patent No. 12315126

Inventor(s): Ashutosh K. Sureka (Irving, TX), Daniel Funken (Irving, TX), Venkata Sesha Kiran Kumar Adimatyam (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): Citibank, N.A. (New York, NY)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18629228 on 04/08/2024 (414 days app to issue)

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing. A method may include a capture of a video feed including image data of a document at a client device. The client device can provide the video feed to another computing device. The method can include, by the client device or the other computing device object recognition for recognizing a type of document and capturing an image exceeding a quality threshold of the document amongst the frames within the video feed. The method may further include the execution of other image processing operations on the image data to improve the quality of the image or features extracted therefrom. The method may further include anti-fraud detection or scoring operations to determine an amount of risk associated with the image data.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

System and method for detecting deviations in building structures using reconstructed 3D models
Patent No. 12315183

Inventor(s): Rachel Elizabeth Csabi (Frisco, TX), Snehal Desai (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Plumsea Law Group, LLC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18313828 on 05/08/2023 (750 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system and method for detecting deviations in building structures over time is disclosed. The system and method use range images of buildings captured using range imaging cameras (for example, time-of-flight cameras) to construct 3D models with sufficient resolution to detect deviations in structures that may not be obvious from looking at only photographic images. The system can also use augmented reality to project parts of a 3D model over photographic images of a structure to facilitate easy inspection of the structure.

[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]

Machine-learning models for image processing
Patent No. 12315282

Abstract: Presented herein are systems and methods for the employment of machine learning models for image processing as may be performed by computing devices associated with an end user. A method may include obtaining video data comprising a plurality of frames including a document of a document type. The method may include executing an object recognition engine of a machine-learning architecture using image data of the plurality of frames, the object recognition engine trained to detect edges of documents. The method may include identifying, based on the edge detection, a plurality of boundaries for the document. The method may include validating, based on the plurality of boundaries, the document as the document type. The method may include transmitting via one or more networks, to a computer remote from the computing device, responsive to the validation of the type of document, the image data for the plurality of frames depicting the document.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Method and apparatus for generating reenacted image
Patent No. 12315293

Inventor(s): Beom Su Kim (Seoul, , KR), Dong Young Kim (Incheon, , KR), Hyoun Taek Yong (Seoul, , KR), Martin Kersner (Seoul, , KR), Sang Il Ahn (Cheongju-si, , KR), Seok Jun Seo (Seoul, , KR), Sung Joo Ha (Seongnam-si, , KR)
Assignee(s): Hyperconnect LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Patent Capital Group (Local + 6 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17658620 on 04/08/2022 (1145 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method of generating a reenacted image includes: extracting a landmark from each of a driver image and a target image; generating a driver feature map based on pose information and expression information of a first face shown in the driver image; generating a target feature map and a pose-normalized target feature map based on style information of a second face shown in the target image; generating a mixed feature map by using the driver feature map and the target feature map; and generating the reenacted image by using the mixed feature map and the pose-normalized target feature map.

[G06V] IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

Method and system for producing N-tuple number sets for lottery submissions
Patent No. 12315347

Inventor(s): Jay B Ross (Delran, NJ), Robert Hamman (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): SCA PROMOTIONS (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: MEAGHER EMANUEL LAKS GOLDBERG LIAO, LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18197955 on 05/16/2023 (742 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method and system which facilitate generation and submission of one or more lottery number entry combinations. The system consists of a smart device operated by a lottery player whereby, the smart device is downloaded with a lottery number generation application and the application is used by the lottery player to communicate via an internet connection to a central system. The central system incorporates a database and database management utility. The central system processes requests from the lottery player to establish a system account, manage monetary funds, and process lottery player’’s N-tuple number set submissions. The central system will also notify the lottery player by way of the player’’s email address, text message, or through the application of the final outcome of a lottery drawing previously selected by the lottery player if any number entry submission for the lottery drawing resulted in full or partial winning results.

[G07F] COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D 3/00; coin testing G07D 5/00) [7]

Data processing system for data retrieval from data storage
Patent No. 12315390

Inventor(s): Anthony Aaron Williamson (Tucson, AZ), Barbara Anne Kruger (Tucson, AZ), Douglas Edward Andrews (Tucson, AZ), Jamie Hans Larsen (Tucson, AZ), Larry Christopher Elliott (Tucson, AZ), Marsha Lee Ganz (Tucson, AZ)
Assignee(s): CAMBIUM INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Fish Richardson P.C. (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18375111 on 09/29/2023 (606 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for configuring, accessing, identifying, and delivering a plurality of data structures that include interfaces configured to guide users through an elementary school writing curriculum based on interactions of users with one or more of the interfaces. In one aspect, a system comprises a data processing system for reading a plurality of data structures representing educational modules and ordering data specifying an order in which the educational modules and their corresponding lessons are rendered from a hardware storage device. In another aspect, the system generates a computer program based on the read data structures for causing rendering of a graphical user interface including a visual representation of a lesson of an educational module that specifies which one or more visual representations to render and maintains a state of the computer program for specifying which educational module is currently being rendered and which lesson of that educational module is currently being rendered, the updating of which causes accessing, identifying, and delivering of a plurality of data structures that include interfaces for transitioning to another lesson of the module or another module.

[G09B] EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS

Memory with per die temperature-compensated refresh control
Patent No. 12315550

Inventor(s): Joo-Sang Lee (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18241700 on 09/01/2023 (634 days app to issue)

Abstract: Memory devices, systems, and associated methods with per die temperature-compensated refresh control, and associated methods, are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a plurality of memory cells and a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the memory device. The memory device determines a frequency at which it is receiving refresh commands. The memory device is further configured to skip refresh operations of the memory cells based, at least in part, on the determination and on the temperature of the memory device.

[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B; semiconductor devices for storage H01L, e.g. H01L 27/108-H01L 27/11597; pulse technique in general H03K, e.g. electronic switches H03K 17/00)

SRAM repair system and method
Patent No. 12315586

Inventor(s): Praveen Kumar Narayanan (Bangalore, , IN), Robin O. Hoel (Olso, , NO), Ruchi Shankar (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17823599 on 08/31/2022 (1000 days app to issue)

Abstract: An electronic system includes a repair MMR coupled with a first SRAM module within a plurality of SRAM modules coupled with each other in a daisy-chain configuration on a repair interface, and coupled with a last SRAM module within the plurality of SRAM modules via the repair interface. The electronic system also includes storage memory configured to store repair data for the plurality of SRAM modules and repair instructions, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to, during boot up of the electronic system, read repair data for one or more of the plurality of SRAM modules from the storage memory, create serialized repair data for one or more the plurality of SRAM modules based on the repair instructions and the repair data, and to sequentially transmit the serialized repair data to the MMR.

Computing system and method for supporting selective prioritization
Patent No. 12315623

Inventor(s): Elizabeth Kaye (Suwanee, GA), Keith Crozier (North Kingstown, RI), Monique Irmen (Naples, FL)
Assignee(s): MCKESSON CORPORATION (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17029871 on 09/23/2020 (1707 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computing system, method and computer program product selectively prioritize patients for a medical procedure. In relation to a computing system, the computing system includes one or more databases configured to store a plurality of different data sets including a pharmacy and/or medical claims data set, a medication history data set and a patient data set. The computing system also includes processing circuitry configured to access the plurality of different data sets and to analyze the plurality of different data sets in accordance with one or more rule sets. The processing circuitry is further configured to identify a subset of the plurality of patients to be prioritized for the medical procedure as a result of satisfying one or more predefined requirements for the medical procedure based upon an analysis of the plurality of different data sets in accordance with the one or more rule sets.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

Atmospheric mirroring and dynamically varying three-dimensional assistant addison interface for interior environments
Patent No. 12315640

Inventor(s): David W. Keeley (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): Electronic Caregiver, Inc. (Las Cruces, NM)
Law Firm: Carr Ferrell LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17844614 on 06/20/2022 (1072 days app to issue)

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments include an intelligent secure networked health messaging system configured by at least one processor to execute instructions stored in memory, the system including a data retention system and a health analytics system, the health analytics system performing asynchronous processing with a patient’’s computing device and the health analytics system communicatively coupled to a deep neural network, a web services layer providing access to the data retention and the health analytics system, a batching service, wherein an application server layer transmits a request to the web services layer for data, the request processed by the batching service transparently to the patient, the request processed by the batching service transparently to the patient such that the patient can continue to use a patient facing application without disruption, and the patient-facing application having an audio sensor and a computer video sensor.

[G16H] HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

Mesh-based communication system architectures
Patent No. 12317353

Inventor(s): Muhammad Ahsan Naim (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): L3VEL, LLC (Wilmington, DE)
Law Firm: Lee Sullivan Shea Smith LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18081610 on 12/14/2022 (895 days app to issue)

Abstract: A wireless communication node within a mesh-based communication system includes wireless mesh equipment that is configured to establish and communicate over one or more bi-directional wireless links with one or more other wireless communication nodes of the mesh-based communication system. The wireless communication node further includes a multi-tier storage architecture that is configured to store data at the wireless communication node. The multi-tier storage architecture includes at least (i) a first tier of one or more storage units that is designated for storage of a first class of data, and (ii) a second tier of one or more storage units that is designated for storage of a second class of data that differs from the first class of data.

[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

E L E C T R I C I T Y

High density analog multipexing
Patent No. 12310725

Inventor(s): Devangsingh Gajendarsingh Sankhala (Richardson, TX), Sriram Muthukumar (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): EnLiSense LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Aambell PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 16543499 on 08/16/2019 (2111 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices include a high-density analog multiplexer topology. Such topologies can be used, for example, in sensor device applications. An analog multiplexer circuit can include circuitry to receive N input signals; and circuitry to generate N selection signals for selecting one of said N data signals to be output from said analog multiplexer circuit. The analog multiplexer comprises one or more analog impedances.

[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; optical analogue/digital converters G02F 7/00; coding, decoding or code conversion, specially adapted for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. G01D, G01R, G06F, G06T, G09G, G10L, G11B, G11C, H04B, H04L, H04M, H04N; ciphering or deciphering for cryptography or other purposes involving the need for secrecy G09C) [4]

Gated ring oscillator linearization
Patent No. 12314014

Inventor(s): Bijit Patel (Allen, TX), Marius Moe (Fetsund, , NO), Tarjei Aaberge (Nesya, , NO)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18466027 on 09/13/2023 (622 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide for an apparatus comprising a time-to-digital converter (TDC) and a processor coupled to the TDC. In some examples, the TDC may be configured to receive a signal and generate a measurement result indicating a time between start and stop events of the signal. The processor may be configured to receive the measurement result, compare the measurement result to a target value, and determine a non-linearity model configured to correct a variance of the measurement result from the target value.

Systems and methods for validating the accuracy of an authenticated, end-to-end, digital response system
Patent No. 12314400

Inventor(s): Ganesh Chandrasekar (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Bank of America Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
Law Firm: Weiss Arons LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17826240 on 05/27/2022 (1096 days app to issue)

Abstract: Systems and methods for validating the accuracy of an authenticated, end-to-end, digital response system are provided. Methods may include curating a database of training data, including historical profile data and historical interaction data. Profile data may include a name, an identifier, and a set of financial instruments for a plurality of system users. Interaction data may include records of multi-step interactions between the system users and the digital response system. Methods may include generating, via a machine-learning (ML) engine and based on the training data: a test profile including a fictitious name, a fictitious identifier, and a fictitious set of financial instruments; authentication data for the test profile including a username and password that are operational for authenticating the test profile to the digital response system; and a simulated conversation for the test profile including an utterance that is associated with an intended request. Methods may include: initiating a validation session by logging the test profile into the digital response system using the authentication data; feeding the simulated conversation as an input to the digital response system; receiving a response from the digital response system; scoring the accuracy of the response vis–vis the intended request; generating an accuracy report based on the accuracy score; and submitting the accuracy report to a system administrator.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Spread spectrum modulation technique for isolation devices
Patent No. 12315979

Inventor(s): Kashyap Barot (Bangalore, , IN), Sreeram Subramanyam Nasum (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17750659 on 05/23/2022 (1100 days app to issue)

Abstract: A device includes a transformer having primary windings and secondary windings, and a transmit circuit coupled to the primary windings. The transmit circuit is configured to receive an input signal, and provide a carrier signal to the primary windings responsive to the input signal. The device also includes a receive circuit coupled to the secondary windings. The receive circuit is configured to receive the carrier signal from the secondary windings, and provide an output signal responsive to the carrier signal. The receive circuit includes a variable capacitor coupled in parallel to the secondary windings, and a spread spectrum modulation circuit configured to modulate a capacitance of the variable capacitor.

[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B)

Antenna-on-package system
Patent No. 12315987

Inventor(s): Rajen Murugan (Dallas, TX), Yiqi Tang (Allen, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17854197 on 06/30/2022 (1062 days app to issue)

Abstract: One example includes an antenna-on-package system that includes a multi-layer antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a first conductive layer having a patch antenna and a transmission line. The transmission line extends from a feed-side edge of the patch antenna to terminate in a launch structure. The antenna structure also includes a second conductive layer having a ground reflector spaced apart from the first conductive layer by a layer of dielectric material. An integrated circuit (IC) die has a signal terminal on surface of the IC die, and a conductive signal interconnect extends through the layer of dielectric material and is coupled between the signal terminal and the launch structure.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Integrated base station antenna
Patent No. 12315989

Inventor(s): Hangsheng Wen (Suzhou, , CN), Nengbin Liu (Suzhou, , CN), Xun Zhang (Suzhou, , CN), Yutong Liu (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18082748 on 12/16/2022 (893 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated base station antenna comprises a passive antenna and an active antenna installed behind the passive antenna. The active antenna comprises a reflecting plate and an array of radiating elements extending forward from the reflecting plate. The passive antenna includes an array of metal tuning elements that tune the array of radiating elements, where the array of metal tuning elements us positioned in front of the array of radiating elements of the active antenna, and where a longitudinal axis of at least some of the metal tuning elements extend at an angle between 70 and 110 with respect to a plane defined by the reflecting plate.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Base station antenna with high performance active antenna system (AAS) integrated therein
Patent No. 12315990

Inventor(s): Peter J. Bisiules (LaGrange Park, IL), Sammit Patel (Dallas, TX), XiaoHua Hou (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18168635 on 02/14/2023 (833 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station antenna includes a first antenna having first and second spaced-apart columns of first radiating elements therein, which are configured to operate within a first frequency band. An active antenna system (AAS) is provided, which is configured to operate within a second, typically higher, frequency band. The AAS includes a second antenna within a space between the first and second columns of first radiating elements. These first radiating elements may include tilted feed stalks which support higher integration by enabling the first radiating elements to overhang at least a portion of the second antenna.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Multi-band antenna
Patent No. 12316002

Inventor(s): Changfu Chen (Suzhou, , CN), Pengfei Guo (Suzhou, , CN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17725780 on 04/21/2022 (1132 days app to issue)

Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes a reflector that provides a ground plane, a first array of first radiating elements, each of the first radiating elements located on a front side of the reflector and configured to emit first electromagnetic radiation in a low frequency band, a second array of second radiating elements, each of the second radiating elements located on the front side of the reflector and configured to emit second electromagnetic radiation in a high frequency band, and an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) plane that is located between the reflector and a radiator of the first radiating element and between the reflector and a radiator of the second radiating element. The AMC plane is configured to reflect the first electromagnetic radiation substantially in phase and to reflect the second electromagnetic radiation substantially in antiphase.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Reconfigurable multi-band base station antennas having self-contained sub-modules
Patent No. 12316009

Inventor(s): Amit Kaistha (Coppell, TX), Chengcheng Tang (Murphy, TX), Gangyi Deng (Allen, TX), Joy Huang (Plano, TX), Sammit Patel (Dallas, TX), XiaoHua Hou (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18756011 on 06/27/2024 (334 days app to issue)

Abstract: Base station antennas include a main module that has a first backplane that includes a first reflector. A vertically-extending array of first radiating elements is mounted to extend forwardly from the first reflector, and at least one first RF port is coupled to the vertically-extending array of first radiating elements. These antennas further include a sub-module that is attached to the first backplane. The sub-module includes a second backplane that has a second reflector that is separate from the first reflector. A vertically-extending array of second radiating elements is mounted to extend forwardly from the second reflector and is transversely spaced-apart from the vertically-extending array of first radiating elements. A plurality of second RF ports are coupled to the vertically-extending array of second radiating elements. The vertically-extending array of first radiating elements and the vertically-extending array of second radiating elements are configured to serve a common sector of a base station.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Cloaked radiating elements having asymmetric dipole radiators and multiband base station antennas including such radiating elements
Patent No. 12316011

Inventor(s): Haifeng Li (Richardson, TX), Peter J. Bisiules (LaGrange Park, IL), Xiangyang Ai (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17204356 on 03/17/2021 (1532 days app to issue)

Abstract: A dual-polarized radiating element includes a first dipole radiator that has a first dipole arm that generally extends along a first axis and a second dipole arm that generally extends along a second axis that is different from the first axis, and a second dipole radiator that has a third dipole arm that generally extends along the first axis and a fourth dipole arm that generally extends along a third axis that is different from the first axis. At least one of the first through fourth dipole arms may be a cloaked dipole arm that include inductive elements that are configured to suppress currents in a higher frequency band.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Base station antennas having calibration circuit connections that provide improved in-column and/or adjacent cross-column isolation
Patent No. 12316012

Inventor(s): Kumara Swamy Kasani (GodavariKahani, , IN), Ligang Wu (Suzhou, , CN), Nagaraju Mondi (Jagtial, , IN), Rakesh Kalwani (Margao, , IN), Sekharbabu Bunga (Sullurpeta, , IN)
Assignee(s): Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, TX)
Law Firm: Myers Bigel, P.A. (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18116923 on 03/03/2023 (816 days app to issue)

Abstract: A base station antenna includes a calibration circuit that has a plurality of pairs of directional couplers and an antenna array that includes a plurality of columns of radiating elements. The first polarization radiators of the radiating elements in each column are electrically connected to a first directional coupler of a respective one of the pairs, and the second polarization radiators of the radiating elements in the column are electrically connected to a second directional coupler of the respective one of the pairs. The directional couplers may be arranged in a manner that reduces in-column coupling and/or that reduces cross-column coupling between adjacent columns of radiating elements.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Coincident phase center, microstrip fed, planar ultrawideband modular antenna
Patent No. 12316035

Inventor(s): Joshua Martin (Rockwall, TX), Robert George (Caddo Mills, TX)
Assignee(s): L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (Melbourne, FL)
Law Firm: Edell, Shapiro Finnan, LLC (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18458204 on 08/30/2023 (636 days app to issue)

Abstract: An antenna module comprises: stacked printed circuit boards (PCBs) (stacked PCBs) centered on an axis and including: a first PCB having a ground plane; a second PCB, spaced above the first PCB, having a first radiator pair and a second radiator pair that face the ground plane and orthogonally crisscross each other at the axis, each radiator pair having respective signal and ground connection pads adjacent to the axis to form a coincident phase center at the axis for each radiator pair; a third PCB, spaced above the second PCB, for impedance matching; and signal connectors extending through the first PCB; and support PCBs extending from the ground plane to the second PCB, the support PCBs having microstrip feeds to connect the respective signal and ground connection pads of the first radiator pair and the second radiator pair to the signal connectors and to the ground plane.

[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)

Caseless electric motor with a stationary shaft for marine environments
Patent No. 12316196

Inventor(s): Steven George Garner (Winnipeg, , CA)
Assignee(s): Garner Development Services, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Law Office of Bill Naifeh (Local + 690 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18811160 on 08/21/2024 (279 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of an electric motor are disclosed. In certain embodiments, the motor comprises, a stator, a rotor, and an impeller mechanically coupled to the rotor, the impeller comprising a central shaft having a longitudinal bore, a plurality of blades radially extended from the central shaft, and an engagement cylinder coupling the plurality of blades to the rotor.

[H02K] DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H 53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power H02M 9/00)

Selective stopband avoidance in switching converter controller
Patent No. 12316221

Inventor(s): Christian Harder (Freising, , DE), Michael Knner (Munich, , DE), Narayanan Seetharaman (Unterschliessheim, , DE), Puneet Sareen (Freising, , DE)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18374325 on 09/28/2023 (607 days app to issue)

Abstract: A switching converter controller includes: a stopband controller having a stopband controller input and a stopband controller output, the stopband controller is configured to provide stopband information at the stopband controller output responsive to a reference signal; a pulse-frequency modulation (PFM) controller having a first PFM controller input, a second PFM controller input and a PFM controller output, the first PFM controller input configured to receive a feedback error signal, the second PFM controller input coupled to the stopband controller output, and the PFM controller configured to selectively adjust a clock signal at the PFM controller output based on the feedback error signal and the stopband information; and a driver circuit having a driver circuit input coupled to the PFM controller output and configured to receive the clock signal, and having a driver circuit output adapted to be coupled to a power stage switch.

[H02M] APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF (conversion of current or voltage specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/02; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables in general, e.g. using transformers, reactors or choke coils, combination of such systems with static converters G05F; for digital computers G06F 1/00; transformers H01F; connection or control of one converter with regard to conjoint operation with a similar or other source of supply H02J; dynamo-electric converters H02K 47/00; controlling transformers, reactors or choke coils, control or regulation of electric motors, generators or dynamo-electric converters H02P; pulse generators H03K) [5]

Blocking and startup transistor control in voltage converters
Patent No. 12316225

Inventor(s): Austin Womac (Maryville, TN), Richard Stair (Knoxville, TN), Ryan Lind (Knoxville, TN)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17956351 on 09/29/2022 (971 days app to issue)

Abstract: In a voltage converter, a blocking transistor has a conduction path between a power terminal and a converter terminal. A body diode of the blocking transistor: conducts current from the power terminal to the converter terminal; and blocks current from the converter terminal to the power terminal. A first switching transistor has a conduction path between the converter terminal and a switching terminal. A second switching transistor has a conduction path between the switching terminal and a ground terminal. A first gate driver has an output coupled to a control terminal of the first switching transistor. A second gate driver has an output coupled to a control terminal of the second switching transistor. A driver circuit has an output coupled to a control terminal of the blocking transistor. A bootstrap terminal of the driver circuit is coupled to a bias input of the first gate driver.

[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY (power supply circuits for apparatus for measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation or cosmic radiation G01T 1/175; electric power supply circuits specially adapted for use in electronic time-pieces with no moving parts G04G 19/00; for digital computers G06F 1/18; for discharge tubes H01J 37/248; circuits or apparatus for the conversion of electric power, arrangements for control or regulation of such circuits or apparatus H02M; interrelated control of several motors, control of a prime-mover/generator combination H02P; control of high-frequency power H03L; additional use of power line or power network for transmission of information H04B)

Synchronous bootstrap half bridge rectifier
Patent No. 12316241

Inventor(s): Cetin Kaya (Plano, TX), Johan Strydom (Saratoga, CA), Michael Lueders (Freising, , DE), Paul Brohlin (Parker, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18768245 on 07/10/2024 (321 days app to issue)

Abstract: Described embodiments include a rectifier circuit comprising a first resistor with first and second resistor terminals, and a second resistor with third and fourth resistor terminals. The first and third resistor terminals are coupled to an auxiliary power terminal. A current source is coupled between the second resistor terminal and a ground terminal. An amplifier has a first amplifier input coupled to the second resistor terminal, and a second amplifier input coupled to the fourth resistor terminal. A first transistor is coupled between the fourth resistor terminal and a damping terminal, and has a first control terminal coupled to the first amplifier output. A gate drive circuit has an input coupled to the damping terminal. A second transistor is coupled between the damping terminal and a bootstrap supply terminal, and has a second control terminal coupled to an output of the gate drive circuit.

Fast deceleration of PMSM and BLDC motors using recirculation braking
Patent No. 12316259

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Hegde (Bengaluru, , IN), Prasad Kulkarni (Bengaluru, , IN), Sivabalan Mohan (Bangalore, , IN), Venkata Pavan Mahankali (Bangalore, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17577093 on 01/17/2022 (1226 days app to issue)

Abstract: A motor control system operable to control a motor includes a motor control circuit and an inverter circuit connected to the motor control circuit and configured to connect to the motor at phase output terminals. The inverter circuit, in response to one or more output control signals indicating a deceleration instruction from the motor control circuit, implements a multi-state deceleration sequence for at least one commutation state of a commutation scheme of the motor.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

Methods and apparatus to detect a stall of a stepper motor
Patent No. 12316266

Inventor(s): Ganapathi Shankar (Bangalore, , IN), Varun Garg (Bengaluru, , IN), Venkata Naresh Kotikelapudi (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18204267 on 05/31/2023 (727 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example apparatus includes: memory including machine-readable instructions; programmable circuitry configured to execute the machine-readable instructions of the memory configured to: determine a first value of power transferred to a stepper motor during a first operation of the stepper motor; determine a second value of power transferred to the stepper motor during a second operation of the stepper motor; determine a load angle of power delivered by the stepper motor during the first operation and second operation of the stepper motor based on the first value, the second value, and a stall power; and compare the load angle to a stall threshold to detect a stall of the stepper motor.

[H02P] CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS [4]

Comparator circuit with dynamic hysteresis
Patent No. 12316330

Inventor(s): Ho-Young Lee (San Jose, CA)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18175109 on 02/27/2023 (820 days app to issue)

Abstract: A comparator circuit with dynamic hysteresis. A common source branch is configured to conduct a differential current at first and second intermediate outputs responsive to a differential input at first and second inputs, and a common gate branch is configured to generate a voltage at a third intermediate output responsive to the differential current at the first and second intermediate outputs. A hysteresis branch includes a hysteresis current generator including first and second replica transistors having source/drain paths coupled in parallel, and gates coupled to the first and second inputs, respectively. A hysteresis capacitor is coupled between the sources of the first and second replica transistors and the common terminal. Current mirror circuitry is coupled to the source/drain paths of the first and second replica transistors, to supply a hysteresis current responsive to the absence of current conducted by the parallel first and second replica transistors.

[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal oscillations with pulses H03C; transmission of digital information H04L; discriminator circuits detecting phase difference between two signals by counting or integrating cycles of oscillation H03D 3/04; automatic control, starting, synchronisation or stabilisation of generators of electronic oscillations or pulses where the type of generator is irrelevant or unspecified H03L; coding, decoding or code conversion, in general H03M) [4]

Method and circuit for DLL locking mechanism for wide range harmonic detection and false lock detection
Patent No. 12316334

Inventor(s): Bhavesh G. Bhakta (Richardson, TX), Venkateswara Pothireddy (McKinney, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18194049 on 03/31/2023 (788 days app to issue)

Abstract: A circuit includes a phase detector configured to produce a first up signal and a first down signal based on a difference between a reference clock and a feedback clock and a harmonic detector coupled to the phase detector, the harmonic detector configured to produce a second up signal based on the first up signal and whether the harmonic detector detects a harmonic lock between the reference clock and the feedback clock based on a first clock phase and a second clock phase. Additionally, the circuit includes a false lock detector coupled to the phase detector and to the harmonic detector, the false lock detector configured to produce a second down signal based on the first down signal and whether the false lock detector detects a false lock between the reference clock and the feedback clock based on a third clock phase and a fourth clock phase.

[H03L] AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ELECTRONIC OSCILLATIONS OR PULSES (of dynamo-electric generators H02P) [3]

Ultrasound transmit-receive switch with combined transmit-receive and return-to-zero path
Patent No. 12316370

Inventor(s): Aravind Miriyala (Bengaluru, , IN), Raja Sekhar Kanakamedala (Bengaluru, , IN), Ravikumar Pattipaka (Bengaluru, , IN), Sandeep Kesrimal Oswal (Bengaluru, , IN)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18543305 on 12/18/2023 (526 days app to issue)

Abstract: An ultrasound system includes a transmit-receive switch. The transmit-receive switch includes a combined transmit-receive and return-to-zero (RTZ) path. The combined transmit-receive and RTZ path includes a transistor with a first current terminal, a second current terminal, and a control terminal. The second current terminal of the transistor is coupled to a ground node via a first switch and is coupled to a receive node via a second switch. The ultrasound system also includes a receiver front-end circuit coupled to the receive node.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Localization of an anomaly in an optical transmission system
Patent No. 12316372

Inventor(s): Inwoong Kim (Allen, TX), Olga I. Vassilieva (Plano, TX), Paparao Palacharla (Richardson, TX)
Assignee(s): FUJITSU LIMITED (Kawasaki, , JP)
Law Firm: Maschoff Brennan (5 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17986815 on 11/14/2022 (925 days app to issue)

Abstract: In an example, a method may include a first optical signal and a second optical signal being obtained by a receiving device. The first optical signal may include a first wavelength and the second optical signal may include a second wavelength. The method may also include obtaining a determination that a dynamic anomaly may be present in the transmission medium. In response to the determination that a dynamic anomaly is present in the transmission medium, a relationship between the first optical signal and the second optical signal may be determined to obtain a time delay. The method may include using the time delay, the first wavelength, and the second wavelength to determine an anomaly location in the transmission medium.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Method and system for mitigating interference by displacing antenna structures
Patent No. 12316400

Inventor(s): Pablo Tacconi (Arlington, TX)
Assignee(s): ISCO International, LLC (Schaumburg, IL)
Law Firm: Guntin Gust, PLC (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18596180 on 03/05/2024 (448 days app to issue)

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data regarding interference detected in a received communication signal, and performing phase adjusting for one or more radiating elements of an antenna system such that an impact of the interference on the antenna system is minimized. Other embodiments are disclosed.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

System for grant-free transmissions
Patent No. 12316433

Inventor(s): Runhua Chen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Seattle, WA)
Law Firm: Lindauer Law PLLC (4 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17807983 on 06/21/2022 (1071 days app to issue)

Abstract: A satellite constellation provides communication between user terminals (UTs) and ground stations that connect to other networks. Grant-free transmissions allow the UTs access to the satellite uplink as needed. Each UT is assigned a unique preamble that represents a combination of repetition pattern (from a set of patterns) and precoding vectors (from a set of precoding vectors). The repetition pattern specifies two or more uplink slots to transmit the same data. The precoding vectors specify different phase angles for the respective uplink slots. The UT transmits a signal using the preamble, repetition pattern, and precoding vectors. The satellite receives these signals, and stores signal data representative of the signals, including repetitions. Overlapping signals from different UTs received during the same timeslot are separated using successive interference cancellation or a linear equalizer. The recovered signal may then be processed to recover data encoded therein.

[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]

Distributed land mobile radio architectures
Patent No. 12316437

Inventor(s): Arindam Roy (Plano, TX), Larry Emmett (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): E.F. Johnson Company (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: Foley Lardner LLP (Local + 13 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18595143 on 03/04/2024 (449 days app to issue)

Abstract: A system for providing communication in a distributed land mobile radio (LMR) system architecture. In some embodiments, the system includes a first controller associated with an LMR site. The first controller may be configured to control communication, via a communication channel, of a plurality of LMRs. In some embodiments, the system further includes a first repeater of a plurality of repeaters associated with the LMR site. The first repeater may include at least an active mode. The first repeater may be in the active mode to initiate a simulcast controller operation using the communication channel of the plurality of repeaters.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of same
Patent No. 12316472

Inventor(s): Thomas R. Miller (Plano, TX), Vanessa Ogle (Fairview, TX), William C. Fang (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Enseo, LLP (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: Griggs Bergen LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18390852 on 12/20/2023 (524 days app to issue)

Abstract: A hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, set-top boxes are located in respective rooms at a hospitality establishment. The set-top boxes are joined in network communication with environmental amenities, such as lights and a thermostat that respectively control lighting and temperature. The set-top boxes utilize an unoccupied room profile and occupied room profile to set the environmental conditions, such as lighting and temperature, in the rooms. A guest preference profile may be activated within a room to provide guest-specific environmental conditions in the room associated with the guest.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Full duplex expander in a full duplex network
Patent No. 12316581

Inventor(s): Ayham Al-Banna (Irving, TX)
Assignee(s): ARRIS Enterprises LLC (Horsham, PA)
Law Firm: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung Stenzel, LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18421466 on 01/24/2024 (489 days app to issue)

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives a downstream signal and an upstream signal in a same frequency band. The downstream signal and the upstream signal are separated into a first path and a second path. The downstream signal using the first path and the upstream signal using the second path are amplified in an analog domain. The method isolates the downstream signal and the upstream signal from one another and sends the downstream signal downstream to a subscriber device and sends the upstream signal towards a full duplex node.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Systems and methods for providing prioritization for data transport services
Patent No. 12316641

Inventor(s): Jayshree A. Bharatia (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18048805 on 10/21/2022 (949 days app to issue)

Abstract: A network device may receive a subscription request to subscribe to a multimedia priority service (MPS) for a user device, and may generate an MPS profile for the user device based on the subscription request. The network device may store the MPS profile in a data structure, and may receive, from the user device, a request to generate an MPS token for the user device. The network device may retrieve the MPS profile from the data structure based on the request to generate the MPS token, and may generate the MPS token based on the MPS profile. The network device may provide the MPS token to the user device.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Risk scoring of cloud permission assignments using supervised machine learning
Patent No. 12316667

Inventor(s): Manu Nandan (Frisco, TX)
Assignee(s): CrowdStrike, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA)
Law Firm: Lee Hayes, P.C. (6 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18903573 on 10/01/2024 (238 days app to issue)

Abstract: Techniques for calculating risk scores of entity assignments are discussed herein. The system generates a probability matrix using a collaborative filtering technique such as singular value decomposition. The probability matrix is populated with probability values for each entity representing a probability that, based on the various relationships or associations of that entity with other entities, the entity has been granted an assignment. Risk values are used to provide a weighting value to assignments, separating relatively higher risk assignments from relatively lower risk assignments. The system thereafter calculates a risk score for one or more of the entities using the information in the assignment matrix, the probability matrix, and the risk values. The system can flag or identity one or more entities whose risk scores do not meet various criteria.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Systems and methods for a mobile application architecture using backend-for-frontend in a tiered software framework
Patent No. 12316707

Inventor(s): Raveesh Agarwal (Ranchi, , IN), Robin Alex (Dallas, TX), Shaun Clark (Eugene, OR), Varun Vairavan (Doha, , QA)
Assignee(s): HighLevel Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: Aambell PC (no location found)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18508729 on 11/14/2023 (560 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments of a method for operating a mobile application using backend-for-frontend in a tiered software framework comprises: communicating, by a mobile aggregator, first messages over a wireless communication network with a frontend of the mobile application executing in a mobile device, the messages comprising instructions in Remote Procedure Call protocol; identifying services of the mobile application called by the instructions, the services executing in a cloud network; generating second messages in another protocol compatible with communication in the cloud network; and communicating the second messages to the services. The mobile application includes a presentation layer, an application layer, and a data layer. The presentation layer executes in the mobile device, the application layer executes in a first server in the cloud network, the data layer executes in a second server in the cloud network, and the mobile aggregator does not store any history of the messages.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Asynchronous step-up authentication for client applications
Patent No. 12316766

Inventor(s): Hieu Nguyen (Southlake, TX), Huang Trung Vo (Little Elm, TX)
Assignee(s): United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio, TX)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18358895 on 07/25/2023 (672 days app to issue)

Abstract: Embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems for authorizing transactions received from client applications. The transaction request can include a first access token. After validating the first access token, the system can determine whether additional authentication is needed to authorize the transaction. If additional authentication is needed, the system can determine the authentication requirements. Once the additional authentication is received and verified, the system can generate a second access token and authorize the transaction by releasing the first access token.

[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) [4]

Computer-implemented method and system for response time reduction in emergency incident events
Patent No. 12316806

Inventor(s): Gavriil Papadopoulos (Athens, , GR), Ioannis Kolaxis (Athens, , GR)
Assignee(s): ATOS Public Safety, LLC (Irving, TX)
Law Firm: MEAGHER EMANUEL LAKS GOLDBERG LIAO LLP (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18171705 on 02/21/2023 (826 days app to issue)

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for response-time-reduction in emergency incident events can include an artificial intelligent agent (AI Agent) that can monitor an emergency environment in real-time upon an occurrence or change in one or more emergency incident information values. The AI Agent can analyze if one or more emergency incident information values occurs and/or reaches across one or more predefined thresholds. One or more first responders can then be automatically dispatched if the analysis has shown that this is necessary. The AI Agent can be rewarded based on its performance of monitoring and/or dispatching and can adjust the one or more predefined thresholds according to the reward.

[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

Connected vehicle services privacy and protection
Patent No. 12317068

Inventor(s): Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX), Ryan N. Wilson (Melissa, TX)
Assignee(s): TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. (Plano, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18419398 on 01/22/2024 (491 days app to issue)

Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area; receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area; providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement. This enables an occupant of a transport to share personal data relating to the transport with confidence that the data will be deleted by an agreed time.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Validating authenticity of an application accessing a network slice
Patent No. 12317074

Inventor(s): Wei Shen (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Brooks Kushman P.C. (2 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18050586 on 10/28/2022 (942 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to techniques for routing application data through a selected network slice based on validation of an application entitlement request. In some examples, an entitlement system may receive an application entitlement request corresponding to an application that is on a user equipment. The entitlement system may validate the authenticity of the application based on the application authenticity information from the entitlement request. The entitlement device may in response to validation of the application entitlement request, send an application entitlement response to the user equipment such that the user equipment selects a network slice to route application data corresponding to the application.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Communication system
Patent No. 12317077

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP (13 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17254497 on 06/25/2019 (2163 days app to issue)

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus comprising means for: receiving, from a requesting service and/or from a network function, an indication of security credentials for a selected service agent; and transmitting the security credentials to the selected service agent as part of a service request from the requesting service.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Providing additional information for emergency alerts via wireless networks
Patent No. 12317163

Inventor(s): Terri Leigh Brooks (Prosper, TX)
Assignee(s): T-Mobile USA, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Perkins Coie LLP (17 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17840245 on 06/14/2022 (1078 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method for providing targeted alerts by a telecommunications system includes receiving, by a server subsystem, an alert message from an alert originator system. The alert message indicates an emergency associated with an area. The method includes passing the alert message to multiple mobile devices. The method also includes receiving a request message at a lookup subsystem of the telecommunications system generated by an instance of a mobile application on a mobile device based on the alert message. The method includes performing a lookup at a database for additional information associated with the alert message. The additional information identifies the geographic area associated with the emergency. The method further includes communicating the additional information to the particular mobile device thereby enabling the instance of the mobile application to perform an action related to the alert message to a user of the particular mobile device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

User equipment and base station for wireless communication and methods of using same
Patent No. 12317208

Inventor(s): Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, , CN)
Assignee(s): Bunker Hill Technologies LLC (Allen, TX)
Law Firm: Ascenda Law Group, PC (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 18592470 on 02/29/2024 (453 days app to issue)

Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station for wireless communication. The UE first receives a first radio signal and a second radio signal, and then transmits a third radio signal. The first radio signal is used for determining a first signature sequence, and a receiving timing of the second radio signal is used for determining a transmitting timing of the third radio signal. The first signature sequence is used for generating the third radio signal. The first radio signal and the second radio signal are associated with a first synchronization sequence and a second synchronization sequence respectively, and the first synchronization sequence is different from the second synchronization sequence. According to the disclosure, through the designs of the first radio signal and the second radio signal, thereby improving system performances and transmission efficiency.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method, apparatus and computer program product for adaptive paging of user equipment supporting multiple subscriber identification modules
Patent No. 12317215

Inventor(s): Devaki Chandramouli (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY (Espoo, , FI)
Law Firm: ALSTON BIRD LLP (Local + 10 other metros)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17765033 on 09/29/2020 (1701 days app to issue)

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program product provide for adaptive paging for user equipment (UE) with multiple subscriber identification modules (SIMs). A UE may provide, in a registration message to the network, an indication that the UE supports multiple SIMs. The network may allow repeated paging to let a SIM miss a paging occasion without interpreting that the UE is unavailable. The indication from the UE can specify the number of SIMS supported by the UE. The network can adapt the number of paging repetitions to the UE. If the UE is accepting paging from another network or has a SIM that is already active with the network, the UE sends the network a paging control message. If the UE detects a paging occasion conflict, the UE sends the network a registration message with a replacement ID for paging another SIM, and the UE and the network negotiate appropriate paging.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and device used for discontinuous reception
Patent No. 12317230

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device used for discontinuous reception. A first node transmits a first signaling, the first signaling indicating a current parameter of a first timer, and monitors a target signal in a first time-resource set; when the target signal is detected in the first time-resource set and the first timer is in a stopped state, starts the first timer; when the first timer is in a running state, updates the first timer in each candidate slot; wherein the current parameter of the first timer is related to at least one of a state of the first timer or a value of the first timer. The present disclosure prevents misunderstanding of the first time-frequency resource pool, thus reducing power consumption and radio interference.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Method and apparatus for downlink control information
Patent No. 12317314

Inventor(s): Robert Mark Harrison (Grapevine, TX)
Assignee(s): Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Stockholm, , SE)
Law Firm: Nicholson De Vos Webster Elliott LLP (3 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17754895 on 10/14/2020 (1686 days app to issue)

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for downlink control information. A method at a network device comprises determining a format of downlink control information (DCI) used for scheduling of downlink shared channel in a 2-step random access procedure. The method further comprises determining an identifier used for scrambling cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the format of DCI. The identifier comprises at least one of a common identifier or a specific identifier. The method further comprises transmitting information regarding a scheduled downlink shared channel with the format of DCI with the CRC scrambled by the identifier on a downlink control channel to at least one terminal device.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Session continuity for a user equipment
Patent No. 12317360

Inventor(s): Anders Askerup (Plano, TX), David C. Williamson (Plano, TX), Lu Tian (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, TX)
Law Firm: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department (12 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 17662538 on 05/09/2022 (1114 days app to issue)

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to techniques for session continuity when a User Equipment (UE) is moving to a destination core of a destination communication system in an interworking network architecture. Example techniques may include registering by a destination subscription manager in a Network Repository Function (NRF) a subscription profile and indicating support for a session continuity for the User Equipment (UE). Discovering the subscription profile by a source subscription manager by utilizing the NRF. Receiving the session information by the destination subscription manager from the source subscription manager based on the discovery of the subscription profile. Enabling continuity of the session by the destination subscription based on the received session information.

[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]

Isolation device with safety fuse
Patent No. 12317518

Inventor(s): Honglin Guo (Dallas, TX), Thomas Dyer Bonifield (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): Texas Instruments Incorporated (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17512415 on 10/27/2021 (1308 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device can include first and second conductive layers that can be positioned over a substrate, and at least one dielectric layer between the first and second conductive layers. The at least one dielectric layer can be positioned over at least a portion of the second conductive layer, and the first conductive layer can be positioned over a portion of the least one dielectric layer. The semiconductor device can further include a third conductive layer that can be positioned over the substrate and can be conductively connected to the second conductive layer and the substrate. The third conductive layer includes a fusible link.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Contaminant collection on SOI
Patent No. 12317519

Inventor(s): Honglin Guo (Dallas, TX), Jingjing Chen (Santa Clara, CA), Zachary K Lee (Fremont, CA)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18408001 on 01/09/2024 (504 days app to issue)

Abstract: An integrated circuit includes an SOI substrate having a semiconductor layer over a buried insulator layer; the semiconductor layer contains white space regions that include a PWELL region. An electronic device includes an NWELL region in the semiconductor layer, a dielectric over the NWELL region, and a polysilicon plate over the dielectric. A sacrificial NWELL ring is adjacent to and separated from the NWELL region by a first gap.

[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (use of semiconductor devices for measuring G01; resistors in general H01C; magnets, inductors, transformers H01F; capacitors in general H01G; electrolytic devices H01G 9/00; batteries, accumulators H01M; waveguides, resonators, or lines of the waveguide type H01P; line connectors, current collectors H01R; stimulated-emission devices H01S; electromechanical resonators H03H; loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers H04R; electric light sources in general H05B; printed circuits, hybrid circuits, casings or constructional details of electrical apparatus, manufacture of assemblages of electrical components H05K; use of semiconductor devices in circuits having a particular application, see the subclass for the application) [2]

Hybrid component with silicon and wide bandgap semiconductor material in silicon recess with nitride spacer
Patent No. 12317539

Inventor(s): Christopher Boguslaw Kocon (Mountain Top, PA), Curry Bachman Taylor (Garland, TX), Henry Litzmann Edwards (Garland, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17487209 on 09/28/2021 (1337 days app to issue)

Abstract: A microelectronic device includes a hybrid component. The microelectronic device has a substrate including silicon semiconductor material. The hybrid component includes a silicon portion in the silicon, and a wide bandgap (WBG) structure in a silicon recess on the silicon portion of the hybrid device. The silicon recess contains a silicon recess nitride sidewall. The WBG structure includes a WBG semiconductor material having a bandgap energy greater than a bandgap energy of the silicon. The hybrid component has a first current terminal on the silicon, and a second current terminal on the WBG structure. The microelectronic device may be formed by forming the silicon portion of the hybrid component in the silicon, and subsequently forming the WBG structure in a silicon recess on the silicon.

Semiconductor device with low noise transistor and low temperature coefficient resistor
Patent No. 12317583

Inventor(s): Mahalingam Nandakumar (Richardson, TX), Yanbiao Pan (Plano, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 18317227 on 05/15/2023 (743 days app to issue)

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a resistor having a resistor body including polysilicon, with fluorine in the polysilicon. The resistor body has a laterally alternating distribution of silicon grain sizes. The semiconductor device further includes an MOS transistor having a gate including polysilicon with fluorine. The fluorine in the gate has a higher average concentration than the fluorine in the resistor body. The semiconductor device may be formed by forming a gate/resistor layer including polysilicon. A fluorine implant mask is formed over the gate/resistor layer, exposing the gate/resistor layer in an area for the gate and over implant segments in an area for the resistor body. The implant segments do not cover the entire area for the resistor body. Fluorine is implanted into the gate/resistor layer where exposed by the fluorine implant mask. The gate/resistor layer is patterned to form the gate and the resistor body.

[H10D] INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Sensor packages with wavelength-specific light filters
Patent No. 12317638

Inventor(s): Benjamin Stassen Cook (Los Gatos, CA), Jo Bito (Dallas, TX)
Assignee(s): TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED (Dallas, TX)
Law Firm: No Counsel
Application No., Date, Speed: 17161581 on 01/28/2021 (1580 days app to issue)

Abstract: In examples, a sensor package comprises a die pad and a semiconductor die on the die pad. The semiconductor die has an active surface. The sensor package includes a light sensor on the active surface of the semiconductor die. The sensor package includes a mold compound covering the die pad, the semiconductor die, and a portion of the active surface. The sensor package includes a light filter covering the light sensor and abutting the mold compound. The light filter includes a combination of silicone, metal particles, and an organic dye. The combination is configured to reject light having a wavelength in a target wavelength range. The light filter has a thickness of at least 0.5 millimeters.

Cap wrench
Patent No. D1076622

Inventor(s): Glen Morris (Fort Worth, TX)
Assignee(s): UNASSIGNED
Law Firm: Bell Nunnally Martin LLP (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29919787 on 12/06/2023 (538 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Sports ball bottle
Patent No. D1076670

Inventor(s): Antoine Hood, II (Rockwall, TX)
Assignee(s): Iondration, LLC (Rockwall, TX)
Law Firm: Sheri Higgins Law, PLLC (Local)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29878064 on 06/15/2023 (712 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Set of vehicle steering wheel control switches
Patent No. D1076747

Inventor(s): John P. Jensen (Sanger, TX), Jon Forrest Acton (Fort Worth, TX), Louis Daniel Heilaneh (Lewisville, TX)
Assignee(s): PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, WA)
Law Firm: Seed IP Law Group LLP (1 non-local offices)
Application No., Date, Speed: 29918738 on 11/29/2023 (545 days app to issue)

Abstract: No Abstract Patent Class: N/A

Display screen or portion thereof with animated graphical user interface
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Cyber Command creates new AI program in fiscal 2026 budget

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July 7, 2025

Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Cyber Command’s budget request for fiscal 2026 includes funding to begin a new project specifically for artificial intelligence.

While the budget proposal would allot just $5 million for the effort — a small portion of Cybercom’s $1.3 billion research and development spending plan — the stand-up of the program follows congressional direction to prod the command to develop an AI roadmap.

In the fiscal 2023 defense policy bill, Congress charged Cybercom and the Department of Defense chief information officer — in coordination with the chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, director of the National Security Agency and the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering — to jointly develop a five-year guide and implementation plan for rapidly adopting and acquiring AI systems, applications, supporting data and data management processes for cyber operations forces.

Cybercom created its roadmap shortly thereafter along with an AI task force.

The new project within Cybercom’s R&D budget aims to develop core data standards in order to curate and tag collected data that meet those standards to effectively integrate data into AI and machine learning solutions while more efficiently developing artificial intelligence capabilities to meet operational needs.

The effort is directly related to the task of furthering the roadmap.

As a result of that roadmap, the command decided to house its task force within its elite Cyber National Mission Force.

The command created the program by pulling funds from its operations and maintenance budget and moving them to the R&D budget from fiscal 2025 to fiscal 2026.

The command outlined five categories of various AI applications across its enterprise and other organizations, including vulnerabilities and exploits; network security, monitoring, and visualization; modeling and predictive analytics; persona and identity; and infrastructure and transport.

Specifically, the command’s AI project, Artificial Intelligence for Cyberspace Operations, will aim to develop and conduct pilots while investing in infrastructure to leverage commercial AI capabilities. The command’s Cyber Immersion Laboratory will develop, test and evaluate cyber capabilities and perform operational assessments performed by third parties, the budget documents state.

In fiscal 2026, the command plans to spend the $5 million to support the CNMF in piloting AI technologies through an agile 90-day pilot cycle, according to the documents, which will ensure quick success or failure. That fast-paced methodology allows the CNMF to quickly test and validate solutions against operational use cases with flexibility to adapt to evolving cyber threats.

The CNMF will also look to explore ways to improve threat detection, automate data analysis, and enhance decision-making processes in cyber operations, according to budget documents.

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Researchers Use Hidden AI Prompts to Influence Peer Reviews: A Bold New Era or Ethical Quandary?

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July 7, 2025

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In a controversial yet intriguing move, researchers have begun using hidden AI prompts to potentially sway the outcomes of peer reviews. This cutting-edge approach aims to enhance review processes, but it raises ethical concerns. Join us as we delve into the implications of AI-assisted peer review tactics and how it might shape the future of academic research.

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Introduction to AI in Peer Review

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming various facets of academia, and one of the most intriguing applications is its integration into the peer review process. At the heart of this evolution is the potential for AI to streamline the evaluation of scholarly articles, which traditionally relies heavily on human expertise and can be subject to biases. Researchers are actively exploring ways to harness AI not just to automate mundane tasks but to provide deep, insightful evaluations that complement human judgment.

The adoption of AI in peer review promises to revolutionize the speed and efficiency with which academic papers are vetted and published. This technological shift is driven by the need to handle an ever-increasing volume of submissions while maintaining high standards of quality. Notably, hidden AI prompts, as discussed in recent studies, can subtly influence reviewers’ decisions, potentially standardizing and enhancing the objectivity of reviews (source).

Incorporating AI into peer review isn’t without challenges. Ethical concerns about transparency, bias, and accountability arise when machines play an integral role in shaping academic discourse. Nonetheless, the potential benefits appear to outweigh the risks, with AI offering tools that can uncover hidden biases and provide more balanced reviews. As described in TechCrunch’s exploration of this topic, there’s an ongoing dialogue about the best practices for integrating AI into these critical processes (source).

Influence of AI in Academic Publishing

The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping various sectors, with academic publishing being no exception. The integration of AI tools in academic publishing has significantly streamlined the peer review process, making it more efficient and less biased. According to an article from TechCrunch, researchers are actively exploring ways to integrate AI prompts within the peer review process to subtly guide reviewers’ evaluations without overt influence (). These AI systems analyze vast amounts of data to provide insightful suggestions, thus enhancing the quality of published research.

Moreover, AI applications in academic publishing extend beyond peer review management. AI algorithms can analyze and summarize large datasets, providing researchers with new insights and enabling faster discoveries. As TechCrunch suggests, these technologies are becoming integral to helping researchers manage the ever-increasing volume of scientific literature (). The future of academic publishing might see AI serving as co-authors, providing accurate data analysis and generating hypotheses based on trends across studies.

Public reactions to the influence of AI in academic publishing are mixed. Some view it as a revolutionary tool that democratizes knowledge production by reducing human errors and biases. Others, however, raise concerns over ethical implications, fearing that AI could introduce new biases or be manipulated to favor particular agendas. As TechCrunch highlights, the key challenge will be to implement transparent AI systems that can be held accountable and ensure ethical standards in academic publishing ().

Looking ahead, the influence of AI in academic publishing is poised to grow, potentially transforming various aspects of research dissemination. AI-powered platforms could revolutionize the accessibility and dissemination of knowledge by automating the proofreading and formatting processes, making academic work more readily available and understandable globally. However, as TechCrunch notes, the future implications of such developments require careful consideration to balance innovation with ethical integrity, especially in how AI technologies are governed ().

Challenges and Concerns in AI Implementation

Implementing AI technologies across various sectors presents numerous challenges and concerns, particularly regarding transparency, ethics, and reliability. As researchers strive to integrate AI into processes like peer review, hidden AI prompts can sometimes influence decisions subtly. According to “TechCrunch” in their article about researchers influencing peer review processes with hidden AI prompts, such practices raise questions about the integrity of AI systems . Ensuring AI operates within ethical boundaries becomes crucial, as we must balance innovation with maintaining trust in automated systems.

Furthermore, the opacity of AI algorithms often leads to public and expert concerns about accountability. When AI systems make decisions without clear explanations, it can diminish users’ trust. In exploring the future implications of AI in peer review settings, it becomes apparent that refinements are needed to enhance transparency and ethical considerations. As noted in the TechCrunch article, there is an ongoing debate about the extent to which AI should be allowed to influence decisions that have traditionally been human-centric . This calls for a framework that sets clear standards and guidelines for AI implementation, ensuring its role supplements rather than overrides human judgment.

In addition to transparency and ethics, reliability is another significant concern when implementing AI. The technological robustness of AI systems is continuously tested by real-world applications. Errors or biases in AI can lead to unintended consequences that may affect public perception and acceptance of AI-driven tools. As industries increasingly rely on AI, aligning these systems with societal values and ensuring they are error-free is paramount to gaining widespread acceptance. The TechCrunch article also highlights these reliability issues, suggesting that developers need to focus more on creating accurate, unbiased algorithms .

Experts Weigh in on AI-driven Peer Review

In recent years, the academic community has seen a growing interest in integrating artificial intelligence into the peer review process. Experts believe that AI can significantly enhance this critical phase of academic publishing by bringing in efficiency, consistency, and unbiased evaluation. According to a report on TechCrunch, researchers are exploring ways to subtly incorporate AI prompts into the peer review mechanism to improve the quality of feedback provided to authors (TechCrunch).

The inclusion of AI in peer review is not without its challenges, though. Experts caution that the deployment of AI-driven tools must be done with significant oversight to prevent any undue influence or bias that may occur from automated processes. They emphasize the importance of transparency in how AI algorithms are used and the nature of data fed into these systems to maintain the integrity of peer review (TechCrunch).

While some scholars welcome AI as a potential ally that can alleviate the workload of human reviewers and provide them with analytical insights, others remain skeptical about its impact on the traditional rigor and human judgment in peer evaluations. The debate continues, with public reactions reflecting a mixture of excitement and cautious optimism about the future potential of AI in scholarly communication (TechCrunch).

Public Reactions to AI Interventions

The public’s reaction to AI interventions, especially in fields such as scientific research and peer review, has been a mix of curiosity and skepticism. On one hand, many appreciate the potential of AI to accelerate advancements and improve efficiencies within the scientific community. However, concerns remain over the transparency and ethics of deploying hidden AI prompts to influence processes that traditionally rely on human expertise and judgment. For instance, a recent article on TechCrunch highlighted researchers’ attempts to integrate these AI-driven techniques in peer review, sparking discussions about the potential biases and ethical implications of such interventions.

Further complicating the public’s perception is the potential for AI to disrupt traditional roles and job functions within these industries. Many individuals within the academic and research sectors fear that an over-reliance on AI could undermine professional expertise and lead to job displacement. Despite these concerns, proponents argue that AI, when used effectively, can provide invaluable support to researchers by handling mundane tasks, thereby allowing humans to focus on more complex problem-solving activities, as noted in the TechCrunch article.

Moreover, the ethical ramifications of using AI in peer review processes have prompted a call for stringent regulations and clearer guidelines. The potential for AI to subtly shape research outcomes without the overt consent or awareness of the human peers involved raises significant ethical questions. Discussions in media outlets like TechCrunch indicate a need for balanced discussions that weigh the benefits of AI-enhancements against the necessity to maintain integrity and trust in academic research.

Future of Peer Review with AI

The future of peer review is poised for transformation as AI technologies continue to advance. Researchers are now exploring how AI can be integrated into the peer review process to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Some suggest that AI could assist in identifying potential conflicts of interest, evaluating the robustness of methodologies, or even suggesting suitable reviewers based on their expertise. For instance, a detailed exploration of this endeavor can be found at TechCrunch, where researchers are making significant strides toward innovative uses of AI in peer review.

The integration of AI in peer review does not come without its challenges and ethical considerations. Concerns have been raised regarding potential biases that AI systems might introduce, the transparency of AI decision-making, and how reliance on AI might impact the peer review landscape. As discussed in recent events, stakeholders are debating the need for guidelines and frameworks to manage these issues effectively.

One potential impact of AI on peer review is the democratization of the process, opening doors for a more diverse range of reviewers who may have been overlooked previously due to geographical or institutional biases. This could result in more diverse viewpoints and a richer peer review process. Additionally, as AI becomes more intertwined with peer review, expert opinions highlight the necessity for continuous monitoring and adjustment of AI tools to ensure they meet the ethical standards of academic publishing. This evolution in the peer review process invites us to envision a future where AI and human expertise work collaboratively, enhancing the quality and credibility of academic publications.

Public reactions to the integration of AI in peer review are mixed. Some welcome it as a necessary evolution that could address long-standing inefficiencies in the system, while others worry about the potential loss of human oversight and judgment. Future implications suggest a field where AI-driven processes could eventually lead to a more streamlined and transparent peer review system, provided that ethical guidelines are strictly adhered to and biases are meticulously managed.

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Xbox producer tells staff to use AI to ease job loss pain

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July 7, 2025

Charlotte Edwards - Technology reporter

An Xbox producer has faced a backlash after suggesting laid-off employees should use artificial intelligence to deal with emotions in a now deleted LinkedIn post.

Matt Turnbull, an executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, wrote the post after Microsoft confirmed it would lay off up to 9,000 workers, in a wave of job cuts this year.

The post, which was captured in a screenshot by tech news site Aftermath, shows Mr Turnbull suggesting tools like ChatGPT or Copilot to “help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss.”

One X user called it “plain disgusting” while another said it left them “speechless”. The BBC has contacted Microsoft, which owns Xbox, for comment.

Microsoft previously said several of its divisions would be affected without specifying which ones but reports suggest that its Xbox video gaming unit will be hit.

Microsoft has set out plans to invest heavily in artificial intelligence (AI), and is spending $80bn (£68.6bn) in huge data centres to train AI models.

Mr Turnbull acknowledged the difficulty of job cuts in his post and said “if you’re navigating a layoff or even quietly preparing for one, you’re not alone and you don’t have to go it alone”.

He wrote that he was aware AI tools can cause “strong feelings in people” but wanted to try and offer the “best advice” under the circumstances.

The Xbox producer said he’d been “experimenting with ways to use LLM Al tools” and suggested some prompts to enter into AI software.

These included career planning prompts, resume and LinkedIn help, and questions to ask for advice on emotional clarity and confidence.

“If this helps, feel free to share with others in your network,” he wrote.

The Microsoft cuts would equate to 4% of Microsoft’s 228,000-strong global workforce.

Some video game projects have reportedly been affected by the cuts.

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